cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Umweltfreundliche Umschlagtechniken von Düngemitteln in Häfen
Creators: name: Heine, Nils
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Helsinki-Kommission
subject: Nordsee
subject: Ostsee
subject: HELCOM
subject: OSPAR
subject: Ostseeaktionsplan
subject: Landwirtschaft
subject: Verkehr
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Wasser

description: Die Studie untersucht die Düngemittelverladung in deutschen Häfen und ihre möglichen Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt. Dabei werden die besten Praktiken für den verlustreduzierenden Umgang mit unverpacktem Dünger identifiziert. Düngemittel werden hauptsächlich über die Häfen in Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Schleswig-Holstein exportiert. Spezialisierte Terminals nutzen geschlossene Umschlagsysteme, um den Verlust von Düngemitteln zu minimieren. Ein Versuch ergab eine Verlustmenge von 85 g auf 100 t, was um ein Vielfaches niedriger ist als bisher angenommen. Praktikable Ansätze für den Umgang mit Düngemitteln im Hafen sind das Abdecken des Zwischenraums zwischen Schiff und Kaimauer sowie die regelmäßige Reinigung der Umschlagsflächen. Darüber hinaus werden auch Prozesse wie das Löschen des Düngemittels vom Schiff und die Lagerung im Hafen beschrieben und mögliche Gefahren für die Umwelt erläutert. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: The study analyses fertiliser loading in German ports and its potential impact on the environment. Best practices for loss-reducing handling of unpackaged fertiliser are identified. Fertilisers are mainly exported via the ports in Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein. Specialised terminals use closed handling systems to minimise the loss of fertiliser. A trial showed a loss rate of 85 g per 100 t, which is many times lower than previously assumed. Practicable approaches to handling fertilisers in the port include covering the space between the ship and the quay wall and regular cleaning of the handling areas. In addition, processes such as unloading the fertiliser from the ship and storing it in the port are also described and possible hazards for the environment are explained. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: Die Studie untersucht die Düngemittelverladung in deutschen Häfen und ihre möglichen Auswirkungen auf die Meere. Ziel dieser Studie ist es, die Düngemittelverladung in Deutschlands Häfen hinsichtlich eines möglichen umweltgefährdenden Eintrags von Düngemitteln in Gewässer zu prüfen, die beste verfügbare Technik bzw. die beste verfügbare Umweltpraxis zu identifizieren und im Anschluss praktikable Verbesserungsmaßnahmen zur sachgemäßen, Verlust reduzierenden Handhabung unverpackten Düngers im Hafen zu erarbeiten. Die Studie richtet sich an alle Nord- und Ostseehäfen die Düngemittel umschlagen, Behörden und Nichtregierungsorganisationen wie auch an die interessierte Öffentlichkeit.
Mechanism of VB2 formation in molten aluminium
Creators: name: Khaliq, A.
name: Rhamdhani, Akbar
name: Brooks, Geoffrey
name: Grandfield, J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Smelter grade aluminium is used for electrical grade conductor applications. Impurities present in solution, especially transition metals such as V, Ti, Zr and Cr reduce the electrical conductivity of smelter grade aluminium [1-2]. In the cast houses, these impurities such as V, Ti, Zr and Cr are removed by the addition of Al-B (AlB12/AlB2) master alloys, called boron treatment [1-7].The thermodynamic analysis of transition metal impurities in molten aluminium [8], it was predicted that the order of impurities removal will be from Zr and Ti to V in the temperature range of 650 degrees C to 900 degrees C. It was further predicted that diborides of transition metals are more stable as compared with their other possible borides in the temperature range investigated [8]. Although the process for the removal of transition metal impurities is explained in literature, limited information has been reported related to the kinetics of process and the mechanism of borides formation. For the better understanding of boron treatment of molten aluminium, kinetics experiments were performed. In this paper, selected results and the mechanism of VB2 formation in molten aluminium are presented.
Supplementary document for Driving Intracellular Metal Ions of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells with Intense Terahertz Pulses - 4755245.pdf
Creators: name: Tachizaki, Takehiro
name: Sakaguchi, Reiko
name: Terada, Shiho
name: Kamei, Ken-ichiro
name: Hirori, Hideki
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biotechnology

description: Supplement 1
Fiduciary duty in the relationship of aboriginal peoples and the Canadian military.
Creators: name: Weatherston, Alex.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: This thesis is a legal analysis of the fiduciary duty in the relationship between the Crown and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada as it specifically applies to the exercise of power by the Federal Government for national defence under section 91(7) of the Constitution Act, 1867, the federal power of "Militia, Military and Naval Service, and Defence," and under the royal prerogative. Aboriginal and treaty rights may be infringed by defence activities conducted by the Canadian Forces and by foreign military allies training in Canada. Defence activities usually occur in non-residential areas in Canada and it is these areas that Aboriginal and treaty rights are often exercised by the holders of these rights. In applying the justification test developed in Sparrow to the infringement by defence activities of Aboriginal and treaty rights that are now "recognized and affirmed" in subsection 35(1), I submit in the thesis that different legal interests need to be considered in assessing the justification of such activities. An assessment of justification would be made to ensure that the honour of the Crown was upheld and that any necessary infringement was minimized in resolving the conflict of interest. This assessment would be based on a full examination of the conduct of the Crown and of defence officials in the planning and implementation of any defence activity with real or potential impact on section 35 rights. Such an examination would involve considerations such as planning and identification of Aboriginal and treaty rights potentially affected in defence areas; alternative defence activities considered; consultation with Aboriginal Peoples; disclosure of information to Aboriginal Peoples concerning planned defence activities; the record of consideration by defence officials of information provided by affected Aboriginal Peoples; the adequacy of compensation for affected or extinguished rights; completion of other statutory reviews; and proportionality of degree or seriousness of infringement and effort to minimize. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
TUG'RUQDAN KEYINGI BACHADONNING MORFOLOGIK O'ZGARISHLARI
Creators: name: Ахмедов, У. Х.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Homiladorlik paytida sodir bo‘lgan ayol tanasidagi barcha o‘zgarishlar (emizikli sut bezlaridagi o‘zgarishlar bundan mustasno) tug‘ruqdan keyin sezilarli regressiyaga uchraydi va dastlabki 6-8 hafta ichida deyarli yo‘qoladi. Bachadonda eng aniq involyutiv jarayonlar sodir bo‘ladi. Miometriy qavatining intensiv qisqarishi bachadonni oziqlantiradigan tomirlarning siqilishiga olib keladi, bu esa organning asosiy qismini tashkil etuvchi mushak to‘qimalarining ishemiyasiga olib keladi. Trofik buzilishlar natijasida hujayralar hajmi kamayadi (gipotrofiya), ularning soni biroz kamayadi. Bularning barchasi bachadonning tug‘ruqdan keyingi involyusiyasi deb ataladigan jarayonni belgilaydi. Tug‘ilgandan so‘ng darhol uning pastki qismi kindikdan biroz pastda joylashadi. Tug‘ilgandan bir hafta o‘tgach, bachadon tanasi 2 barobar kamayadi va 4-6 haftadan so‘ng uning hajmi va vazni homiladorlikdan oldingi kabi bo‘ladi. Involyutiv o‘zgarishlarning tezligi asosan tug‘ilish akti va tug‘ilish davrining o‘ziga xos xususiyatlari, shuningdek tug‘ilgan bolaning vazni, amniotik suyuqlik miqdori, uterotonikadan foydalanish va boshqalar bilan belgilanadi. O‘z navbatida, bachadon subinvolyusiyasi tug‘ruqdan keyin yiringli-septik asoratlar paydo bo‘lishi uchun xavf omili bo‘lishi mumkin.
DLmeta Workshop - ein Java Access Layer für DLmeta
Creators: name: Aschoff, Christian
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Access Layer
subject: DLmeta
subject: Java

description: Vortrag von Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christian Aschoff über ein Access Layer für javabasierte DLmeta-Anwendungen
PEACH PERIL UNVEILED: DIAPORTHE PARANENSIS IDENTIFIED AS THE EMERGING THREAT CAUSING FRUIT ROT IN ORCHARDS
Creators: name: Carla Beatriz, Oliveira Santos
name: Lucas Henrique, Martins Lima
name: Mariana da, Silva Costa
Publisher: name: continental journal
Year: 2024
Subjects: Peach fruit, Post-harvest deterioration, Rot incidence, Preservation, Quality improvement.

description: Peach (Prunus persica) holds a significant position as the third most vital temperate fruit crop globally, following apple and pear trees. In 2019, Brazil emerged as a notable contributor to peach production, yielding 183.1 thousand tons within approximately 16 thousand hectares, with Rio Grande do Sul leading the pack at 110.2 thousand tons and São Paulo following closely with 32.9 thousand tons. However, peaches, being among the temperate fruits, possess a high susceptibility to spoilage due to their rapid post-harvest metabolism, resulting in quick loss of pulp firmness, rot, and withering. This accelerated ripening process curtails their shelf life, thus imposing substantial limitations on effective handling and transportation. Common culprits responsible for the rot of peaches include Monilinia fructicola, Penicillium, Rhizopus, Fusarium, Colletotrichum, Cladosporium, and Geotrichum. This paper delves into the challenges faced by the peach industry, focusing on the rapid deterioration of peach fruit post-harvest, and the associated incidence of rot. By analyzing the factors contributing to these issues and exploring potential solutions, this study seeks to enhance the preservation, transportation, and overall quality of peach produce.
Supplementary document for Driving Intracellular Metal Ions of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells with Intense Terahertz Pulses - 4755245.pdf
Creators: name: Tachizaki, Takehiro
name: Sakaguchi, Reiko
name: Terada, Shiho
name: Kamei, Ken-ichiro
name: Hirori, Hideki
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biotechnology

description: Supplement 1
Improving adenoviral vectors for muscle-directed gene therapy
Creators: name: Willemsen, Kristin R
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Biology, Genetics.
subject: Biology, Microbiology.

description: Gene therapy is a promising approach for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Adenoviral vectors (Ad) are the most commonly used vectors in gene therapy studies however, the overall large size of the Ad particles (162nm), due in part to the fiber proteins that extrude from the surface of the virion, prevent their efficient distribution in muscle. The objective of this project was to evaluate the transduction performance of Ad5 based vectors genetically modified to encode shorter fiber proteins derived from Ad serotypes 35 and 9. Optimal transduction was dependent on fiber length in some cell lines and in mdx muscle. However, fiber-modified viruses have an improved viral dispersion and improved transduction up to 10-fold in normal muscle. In addition, an optimized non-immunogenic reporter gene ideal for monitoring vector function in murine disease models was presented. The results of these experiments will contribute to the understanding of Ad transduction in muscle and aid in the design of efficient vectors for DMD therapy.
Detection and identification of antigens from Mycobacterium bovis culture filtrate with immune sera from Mycobacterium bovis sensitized or infected cattle
Creators: name: Rennie, Bryan D
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agriculture, Animal Pathology.
subject: Health Sciences, Immunology.

description: Bovine tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium bovis, infects approximately 50 million cattle worldwide and is diagnosed by the tuberculin skin test (TST). The purpose of this thesis was to characterise the culture filtrate proteins (CFP) of M. bovis PPD tuberculin and to compare the antibody response of M. bovis infected versus M. bovis sensitized cattle. Sterile filtered PPD tuberculin (SF-PPD) resolved into approximately 200 discrete spots using two-dimensional PAGE. While 2D Western blot analysis of both M. bovis sensitized and M. bovis infected cattle sera demonstrated an antibody boost following comparative intradermal TSTs, M. bovis sensitized cattle responded with greater intensity to additional SF-PPD antigens as compared to M. bovis infected cattle at seven weeks post infection/sensitization. In conclusion M. bovis sensitized cattle generated a more intense antibody response and recognized additional SF-PPD antigens as compared to M. bovis infected cattle within the first two months post infection/sensitization.
title: La RM dinámica refleja la microvascularización del carcinoma in situ de mama
Creators: name: Santamaría Ormaetxea, Gorane
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: MR
subject: Neoplasia

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
INTRODUCCIÓN El carcinoma ductal in situ (CDIS) es un proceso neoformativo no infiltrante caracterizado por: .proliferación de células epiteliales ductales .no evidencia histológica de invasión de la membrana basal Antes de la generalización...
Contributions to the design of sub-reflectarrays
Creators: name: Almajali, E'qab
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In this thesis we show how the ellipsoidal and hyperboloidal subreflectors, which are used in dual reflector antenna systems, can be emulated by reflectarrays (hereafter referred to as sub-reflectarrays). To achieve this we derive the basic design equations required to provide the proper phase correction at each element of the sub-reflectarray to end up with radiated amplitude and phase patterns that are indeed close to those of the emulated ellipsoidal or hyperboloidal subreflectors. To calculate and analyze the radiation patterns of sub-reflectarrays, which are designed based upon the above basic design equations; two analysis methods have been developed. One based on an array analysis approach which gives an approximate (yet reliable) analysis of sub-reflectarrays, with details that do not appear to have been given elsewhere. The second method is a two-dimensional (2D) full wave computational electromagnetic analysis that uses the method of moments (MoM) to solve a 2D integral equation formulation for a 2D reflectarray. It is a very rigorous method that accounts for many effects which are computationally very difficult to be include in any three-dimensional (3D) analysis methods that could be used for same purpose, like the finite ground plane effect and feed blockage effect. Both analysis methods have been validated by using them to calculate the radiation pattern of a parabolic-type reflectarray, which are frequently reported and very well known. Simulations are performed using the two analysis methods on examples of the ellipsoidal and hyperboloidal subreflectarrays described, showing the far field amplitude and phase patterns, in so doing validating the design equations and analyzing the radiation characteristics of the sub-reflectarrays. The 2D MoM analysis enables us in this thesis to study the effect of amplitude tapering upon the radiation characteristics of sub-reflectarrays. Moreover it is used to determine the location of the virtual focal point as a function of feed position and frequency, which enables us to perform a detailed study of the power focusing characteristics of an ellipsoidal sub-reflectarary. Lastly, a practical experimental validation has been done by implementing some sub-reflectarrys and measuring their radiation patterns' amplitude and phase.
title: Abdomen Agudo de causas poco frecuentes: Claves diagnósticas en TC multidetector (TCMD)
Creators: name: Abu-Suboh Abadia, Amad
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: CT
subject: Emergency
subject: Abdomen

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Revisar causas poco frecuentes de abdomen agudo. Mostrar la utilidad de la TCMD en el diagnóstico del abdomen agudo poco frecuente reseñando los signos radiológicos claves para un correcto...
Simulating pedigrees ascertained for multiple disease-affected relatives
Creators: name: Nieuwoudt, Christina
name: Jones, Samantha J.
name: Brooks-Wilson, Angela
name: Graham, Jinko
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Studies that ascertain families containing multiple relatives affected by disease can be useful for identification of causal, rare variants from next-generation sequencing data. Results: We present the R package SimRVPedigree, which allows researchers to simulate pedigrees ascertained on the basis of multiple, affected relatives. By incorporating the ascertainment process in the simulation, SimRVPedigree allows researchers to better understand the within-family patterns of relationship amongst affected individuals and ages of disease onset. Conclusions: Through simulation, we show that affected members of a family segregating a rare disease variant tend to be more numerous and cluster in relationships more closely than those for sporadic disease. We also show that the family ascertainment process can lead to apparent anticipation in the age of onset. Finally, we use simulation to gain insight into the limit on the proportion of ascertained families segregating a causal variant. SimRVPedigree should be useful to investigators seeking insight into the family-based study design through simulation.
title: El tensor de difusión como biomarcador del tiempo de evolución de un infarto cerebral isquémico agudo.
Creators: name: Puig Alcántara, Josep
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
El activador tisular del plasminógeno (t-PA) es eficaz cuando se administra en las primeras 4.5 tras el inicio de los síntomas en pacientes con infarto isquémico cerebral.
Sin embargo,
alrededor del 15-25% de los infartos cerebrales se producen...
title: Traumatismo craneoencefálico: Sistemática de lectura en una tomografía computarizada cerebral urgente
Creators: name: Viteri, Guillermo
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: CT
subject: Trauma
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Head and neck

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Repasar la importancia y la características de una lectura sistematizada de la tomografía computarizada cerebral urgente en pacientes con traumatismo craneoencefálico...
The depiction of Jews in Middle English crucifixion literature
Creators: name: Smurthwaite, Cynthia Laurie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Literature, English.

description: This thesis studies the relationship between the treatment of Jewish characters by Christian authors in Middle English Crucifixion literature and the treatment of Jews in medieval Europe by members of surrounding Christian majority cultures. The common medieval Christian belief that all Jews, of all periods and places, were responsible for Jesus' death led to the related beliefs that there was a singular Jewish character; that it was racially determined; and that it was evil. The exaggerated role Jews play in Middle English versions of the Crucifixion, and the authors' various derogatory references to Jews in general, were designed in part to reconcile medieval Christians to the uncharitable treatment endured by Jews in their midst. Christian writers often attributed to Jews certain negative characteristics that determined their alienation both from God and from the rest of humanity. These characteristics were exemplified by unsuccessful figures from Hebrew scripture: sons of holy men who, far from fulfilling the promise of their fathers, failed to earn God's favour, and thus were excluded from election. Cain, for example, became a model of violence; Ishmael became a model of exile from the Holy Land; and Esau became a model of love of the world over the spirit. This thesis organizes its study of Christian portrayals of gospel and post-gospel Jews according to the precedents set by these three early models of a common Christian stereotype of Jews. Because these characters' failure is linked to the success of their younger siblings, this thesis also places their putative legacy to later Jews in the context of ultimogeniture, according to which, as many medieval Christians believed, God recalled his promise to the Jews and granted it instead to the new faith of Christianity. The texts studied herein portray Jews as members of a wayward faith, deprived of their ancient status on account of the Crucifixion.
Supplementary document for Monolithically integrated membrane-in-the-middle cavity optomechanical systems - 4757062.pdf
Creators: name: DeCorby, Ray
name: Hornig, Graham
name: alsumaidae, sanaa
name: Maldaner, James
name: Bu, Lintong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Table and Figure showing higher-order mechanical modes predicted by COMSOL simulations
L'enfermement asilaire des femmes au Québec: 1873--1921
Creators: name: Thifault, Marie-Claude
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: L'enfermement des femmes au Québec raconte le vécu asilaire de toutes celles qui ont ete internées a St-Jean-de-Dieu au cours des années 1873 à 1921. Excessives, euphoriques, mélancoliques ou cataléptiques, les folles de St-Jean-de-Dieu perturbent, indignent et exasperent tous ceux qu'elles cotoient. Animées par des délires, des hallucinations ou des idées de persécutions, menaçantes, violentes et incontrôlables, elles ont été enfermées pour folie. Les expériences pré-asilaire, asilaire et post-asilaire des femmes internées à St-Jean-de-Dieu nous ont surtout ete révelées par les témoignages des membres de leur famille. Une correspondance passionnante, colligée dans les dossiers médicaux, nous a permis de mettre à jour le quotidien de plusieurs familles souvent dépassées par la responsabilité qu'incombe la garde d'une alienée. Malgré les tourments, les peurs, les chagrins et les angoisses que leur faisait vivre leur malade, remarquablement, les époux, les mères, les soeurs ou les enfants, ayant demande l'internement de leur folle, réclamaient rapidement son retour a la maison et cela malgre sa faible contribution au soutien de la cellule familiale. Aussi nombreuses que les hommes a partager l'espace de la cité asilaire, elles n'ont cependant pu bénéficier de la même attention médicale qu'eux. Internées pour idiotie, folie ou démence, tout comme leur vis-a-vis masculin, elles étaient toutefois considérées comme des patientes de deuxième classe et elles ont été traitées avec moins de soins que la clientèle masculine. S'il n'avait été de l'obstination des familles des aliénées à demander des bilans de santé mentale et a réclamer leur retour au sein du noyau familial, aucune note médicale ne témoignerait de l'évolution mentale des femmes internées pour folie. C'est dire que la majorité des femmes internées à St-Jean-de-Dieu, sans ressource externe, était oubliée derrière les murs asilaires et avait peu d'espoir de quitter un jour cet univers clos. Plus du tiers des patientes de la Longue-Pointe ont, cependant, pu échapper à ce triste scénario asilaire grâce a l'attention et au soutien de leur famille. Les femmes ont été marquées de façon plus significative que les hommes par l'inefficacité du systême asilaire, tel qu'il a existe à la fin du 19e et au cours des premières décennies du 20e siècle.
title: Anomalías en el desarrollo del páncreas: Técnicas de imagen y hallazgos radiológicos.
Creators: name: Suárez González, Dácil
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: MR
subject: CT

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Describir las principales anomalías pancreáticas del desarrollo revisando la anatomía normal del páncreas y su origen embrionario para una mejor comprensión de su etiología. Revisar los hallazgos radiológicos característicos en las técnicas...
Supplementary document for Monolithically integrated membrane-in-the-middle cavity optomechanical systems - 4757062.pdf
Creators: name: DeCorby, Ray
name: Hornig, Graham
name: alsumaidae, sanaa
name: Maldaner, James
name: Bu, Lintong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Table and Figure showing higher-order mechanical modes predicted by COMSOL simulations
The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway as a therapeutic target after cartilage rauma: modification of chondrocyte survival and metabolism by glucosamine derivatives and PUGNAc in an ex vivo model
Creators: name: Riegger, Jana
name: Baumert, Julia
name: Zaucke, Frank
name: Brenner, Rolf E.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: hexosamine biosynthetic pathway
subject: cartilage trauma
subject: post-traumatic osteoarthritis
subject: chondrocytes
subject: O-GlcNAcylation
subject: cell death
subject: therapy
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Osteoarthritis
subject: Glycosaminoglycans
subject: Glucosamine
subject: Chondrocytes
subject: Cell death
subject: Glycosylation
subject: Osteoarthritis
subject: Glykosaminoglykane
subject: Glucosamin
subject: Zelltod

description: The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) is essential for the production of uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc), the building block of glycosaminoglycans, thus playing a crucial role in cartilage anabolism. Although O-GlcNAcylation represents a protective regulatory mechanism in cellular processes, it has been associated with degenerative diseases, including osteoarthritis (OA). The present study focuses on HBP-related processes as potential therapeutic targets after cartilage trauma. Human cartilage explants were traumatized and treated with GlcNAc or glucosamine sulfate (GS); PUGNAc, an inhibitor of O-GlcNAcase; or azaserine (AZA), an inhibitor of GFAT-1. After 7 days, cell viability and gene expression analysis of anabolic and catabolic markers, as well as HBP-related enzymes, were performed. Moreover, expression of catabolic enzymes and type II collagen (COL2) biosynthesis were determined. Proteoglycan content was assessed after 14 days. Cartilage trauma led to a dysbalanced expression of different HBP-related enzymes, comparable to the situation in highly degenerated tissue. While GlcNAc and PUGNAc resulted in significant cell protection after trauma, only PUGNAc increased COL2 biosynthesis. Moreover, PUGNAc and both glucosamine derivatives had anti-catabolic effects. In contrast, AZA increased catabolic processes. Overall, “fueling” the HBP by means of glucosamine derivatives or inhibition of deglycosylation turned out as cells and chondroprotectives after cartilage trauma.
Supplementary document for Tunable Microlens Array Fabricated By Silicone Oil-Induced Swelled Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Membrane Bonded to Micro-milled Microfluidic Chip - 4758382.pdf
Creators: name: Chen, Pin-Chuan
name: chen, Liang-Ta
name: Yeh, Cing-Sung
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Optical Physics not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Materials
A comparative study of high and low molecular weight microtubule-associated protein 2 (HMW-MAP2 and MAP2c) in differentiating neurons and transfected fibroblasts cells.
Creators: name: Echeverri, Christophe De Jesus.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Biology, Neuroscience.

description: Microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) is the most abundant MAP in vertebrate brain tissues, and the best studied of all structural MAPs. In adult brain, it is present as one or two high-molecular weight polypeptides (HMW-MAP2, $\sim$280kDa by SDS-PAGE) which segregate to the somato-dendritic compartments of neurons. Apart from its ontogeny and sequence, little is known about MAP2c biochemistry, although sequence similarities with HMW-MAP2 suggest that the smaller isoform should also bind to MTs, promote their assembly, stabilize them, and possibly induce bundling. This thesis aimed to examine these questions about MAP2c by studying it in parallel with HMW-MAP2 both in differentiating neurons, and in transfected fibroblasts. Neuronal differentiation was examined in retinoic acid-induced P19 embryonal carcinoma cells, using an anti-$\beta$III-tubulin antibody to identify neurons. Expression of MAP2 was examined using three monoclonal antibodies, two of which (HM2 and AP18) recognized all forms of MAP2, while the third (AP14) was specific for HMW-MAP2. Onset of detectable expression of MAP2 was found to coincide with initial neurite outgrowth of P19 EC-derived neurons. The HM2 antibody stained almost all visible neurons, while AP18 stained a smaller subset, and AP14, the smallest. Only the HM2 antibody stained filopodia on some cell bodies and neurite shafts, as well as some growth cones. It is proposed that MAP2 is present as two or more subpopulations which sort differently within the cell. Transient transfections into 3T3 fibroblasts confirmed that MAP2c binds to MTs, stabilizes them against colchicine-induced depolymerization, and induces the formation of MT bundles. It is proposed that MAP2-induced bundles initially arise through the funnelling of MTOC-based MTs into thin cytoplasmic extensions which are eventually resorbed into the cell body. MT bundles are then released from the MTOC, and their stability is slightly decreased as a result. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Supplementary document for Tunable Microlens Array Fabricated By Silicone Oil-Induced Swelled Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Membrane Bonded to Micro-milled Microfluidic Chip - 4758382.pdf
Creators: name: Chen, Pin-Chuan
name: chen, Liang-Ta
name: Yeh, Cing-Sung
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Optical Physics not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Materials
Effects of buoyancy forces on miscible liquid-liquid displacements in porous media.
Creators: name: Guo, Tianle.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: The effects of gravity forces on the miscible displacement of one fluid (aqueous glycerol solution) by another fluid (pure water) in a vertical consolidated porous medium have been investigated. A set of horizontal displacement experiments was performed for comparison with two sets of vertical-upward and vertical-downward displacements. It was found that gravitational forces (i.e. buoyancy forces) can be an important factor in determining the displacement pattern where fluids having different densities and different flowrates are involved. In a given porous medium system, the principal variables which affect the displacement efficiency of oil (or any other miscible liquid) by water are the viscosity ratio, density difference, and displacement flowrate. Increasing the viscosity ratio will decrease the oil recovery; however, when the viscosity ratio is close to unity, good oil recovery will be obtained. The injection flowrate is also critical. At low injection flowrates, the effects of gravity become relatively more important. At high flowrates, gravity forces have less effect on the displacement efficiency. In vertical-upward displacements, buoyancy forces play a negative role since they tend to promote viscous fingering and consequently lower the oil recovery (when $\rm \rho\sb{oil}>\rho\sb{water}$). On the other hand, in vertical-downward displacements, buoyancy forces tend to stabilize the displacement process, and high oil recoveries can be obtained. Comparing the horizontal displacement patterns with those of the two vertical displacements, it was found that buoyancy forces can exert very significant effects on fingering phenomena.
Effects of Ncl. Basalis Meynert volume on the Trail-Making-Test are restricted to the left hemisphere
Creators: name: Lammers, Florian
name: Mobascher, Arian
name: Musso, Francesco
name: Shah, Nadim Jon
name: Warbrick, Tracy
name: Zaborszky, Laszlo
name: Winterer, Georg
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Acetylcholine
subject: attention
subject: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
subject: neuroimaging
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Cortical acetylcholine released from cells in the basal forebrain facilitates cue detection and improves attentional performance. Cholinergic fibres to the cortex originate from the CH4 cell group, sometimes referred to as the Nucleus basalis of Meynert and the Nucleus subputaminalis of Ayala. The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of volumes of cholinergic nuclei on attention and executive function. Methods The volumes of CH4 and CH4p subregions were measured in a subgroup of 38 subjects (33.5 ± 11 years, 20 females) from a population-based cohort study of smokers and never-smokers who have undergone additional MR imaging. To define regions of interest, we applied a DARTEL-based procedure implemented in SPM8 and a validated probabilistic map of the basal forebrain. Attention and executive function were measured with Trail-Making Test (TMT A+B) and Stroop-Task. Results We found a quadratic effect of the left CH4 subregion on performance of the TMT. Extremely small as well as extremely large volumes are associated with poor test performance. Conclusions Our results indicate that a small CH4 volume predisposes for a hypocholinergic state, whereas an extremely large volume predisposes for a hypercholinergic state. Both extremes have detrimental effects on attention. Comparable nonlinear effects have already been reported in pharmacological studies on the effects cholinergic agonists on attention.
The Atlin Claim
Creators: name: (:Null)
Publisher: name: Atlin, B.C. : Atlin Claim Publishing Co.
Year: 2011

description: The Atlin Claim was published in Atlin, a remote community located in northwestern British Columbia, close to the Yukon border. The Claim was published by the Atlin Claim Publishing Company, and ran from April 1899 to April 1908. Although a number of different editors worked on the Claim, the two longest-serving editors were Alfred C. Hirschfield and William Pollard Grant.
Visualization of flow past a model of the CF-18 aircraft in a water tunnel.
Creators: name: Dunn, Warren Robert.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Aerospace.

description: Incompressible flow past a 1:48 scale model of the CF-18 fighter aircraft was studied in a water tunnel at the University of Ottawa. Flow visualization records were obtained for flow around different stores, the Leading Edge Extension (LEX) vortex, and the forebody vortex, at various angles of attack. The stores were mostly studied in the low angle of attack range between $\alpha$ = $-$1$\sp\circ$ and $\alpha$ = 5$\sp\circ$. At these angles, their effect on the flow was local. Decreasing the spacing between stores caused the flow to slow down considerably because of the interaction of the separated flow on the wing with the boundary layers of the individual stores. The LEX vortex became stronger as the angle of attack was increased, and the location of its breakdown moved upstream. The breakdown location showed good correlation with results of other model and full-scale studies. The forebody vortex was weaker than the LEX vortex, and was consistently drawn towards the LEX until the two vortices began interacting. The variation of the LEX vortex bursting location with angle of attack is only weakly sensitive to Reynolds number and, therefore, the water tunnel tests can provide a good simulation of full-scale flow characteristics. On the other hand, flow characteristics near surfaces change substantially with increasing Reynolds number, so that the water tunnel results in such regions must be viewed with reservation, when considering their relevance to the high Reynolds number flow around the aircraft. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: Chitosan hydrogels enriched with bioactive phloroglucinol for controlled drug diffusion and potential wound healing
Creators: name: Teixeira Polez, Roberta
name: Ajiboye, Margaret Adeola
name: Österberg, Monika
name: Horn, Marilia Marta
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Chitosan
subject: Phloroglucinol
subject: Hydrogel
subject: Wound healing
subject: Drug delivery
subject: Hemostatic
subject: 540
subject: Chitosan
subject: Acylphloroglucinole
subject: Hydrogel
subject: Wundheilung
subject: Blutstillungsmittel

description: Gefördert im Rahmen des Projekts DEAL
Communication design as an agent in creating gender equality in India
Creators: name: St John, Nicola
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Developing from the field of behavior change through design, this study investigated if communication design is an effective tool in changing cultural behaviors and perceptions of gender in India. Previous studies on gender violence campaigns (Gadornski, 2001; Murphy, 2009; Kostick et al., 2011) suggest utilising men and traditional gender stereotypes are effective in creating behavior change. Yet there exists a gap on specific cultural roles and changing ingrained behaviors. This study focuses on the necessary recognition of cultural traditions and behaviours that must precede any design activity within an epistemological setting. Developing communication strategy within sensitive and complex social issues must be created in full recognition of cultural inflections on patriarchy and sociological insights. I conducted two stages of investigation. First, male Indian participants were interviewed about gender equality in India. Second, participants completed self documentation kits, which focused on perceptions of gender. Insights indicated the term gender equality was misunderstood with many believing India was very much an equal society for men and women. I argue that the findings from this study can position a communication campaign that is culturally relevant, can tackle gender violence from an insider perspective, and can promote behavior change within the Indian context.
Masterstroke or paper tiger
Creators: name: Salomon, Markus
name: Markus, Till
name: Dross, Miriam
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: EU-Fischereipolitik
Fischereiwirtschaft

description: The European fisheries policy has undergone a substantial reform. The reform process was initiated by a Green Paper published by the European Commission in 2009. It was recently finalised with an agreement on a new Basic Regulation between the European Commission, the Council and the Parliament in October 2013. The reform of the Common Fisheries Policy will be an important step towards a more sustainable fisheries policy in Europe. The most important reform steps are the introduction of maximum sustainable yield as the new management target, a landing obligation for bycatch and a governance shift towards regions. Although the mentioned reform elements are in generally very promising, their concrete design does not always meet existing expectations.
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An assessment of a mental imagery intervention for primary school children.
Creators: name: Howlett, Stephen G.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Anthropology, Physical.

description: An intervention designed to develop mental imagery skills was implemented in a primary school setting for children from grades 1 to 6. Children were separated into control and experimental groups and pre- and post-test measures were taken to determine the effects of the intervention on mental imagery ability. A self-report inventory, Kids Imagery Scale (KIS), and objective performance task, Ski Run Assessment Tool (Ski Run), were designed and administered to measure these effects. In addition, qualitative data collection was obtained from logging procedures during the intervention phase and questionnaires in post-test. Results showed significant improvement from experimental group children on the Ski Run scores but not on KIS scores. Qualitative analysis showed some indication of improved imagery ability of experimental group children. A secondary focus of the study examined the effects of the intervention on the mood and self-esteem of the children. The KISS Self-esteem Scale was designed and administered to measure change between groups and within groups. Though no significant improvement was realized, a significant correlation between self-esteem scores and KIS scores were found.
Sliding mode learning control and its applications
Creators: name: Do, Manh Tuan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The goal of this thesis is to develop a novel robust learning control scheme for a large class of uncertain dynamic systems based on the philosophy of sliding mode control in order to address long-standing drawbacks in existing control designs. The research conducted offers both theoretical development and practical implementation of the proposed control methodology through a variety of applications in different fields of engineering including electric vehicles and communication networks. It is highly believed such powerful control technique will essentially serve the next generation of control technology with a wide range of applications in years to come.
A generic specification for verifying peephole optimizations
Creators: name: Dold, Axel
name: Henke, Friedrich Wilhelm Von
name: Pfeifer, Holger
name: Rueß, Harald
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: DDC 004 / Data processing & computer science
subject: Computer programs. Verification
subject: Maschinencode
subject: Optimierung
subject: Verifikation

description: N/A
Scared to trust? – predicting trust in highly automated driving by depressiveness, negative self-evaluations and state anxiety
Creators: name: Kraus, Johannes
name: Scholz, David
name: Messner, Eva-Maria
name: Messner, Matthias
name: Baumann, Martin
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Automated driving
subject: Trust in automation
subject: Depressiveness
subject: Emotional states
subject: Trust formation
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: Automated vehicles
subject: Human-machine systems
subject: Trust
subject: Personality
subject: Anxiety
subject: Self-evaluation
subject: Autonomes Fahrzeug
subject: Mensch-Maschine-System
subject: Vertrauen
subject: Persönlichkeitstyp
subject: Selbsteinschätzung
subject: Angst

description: The advantages of automated driving can only come fully into play if these systems are used in an appropriate way, which means that they are neither used in situations they are not designed for (misuse) nor used in a too restricted manner (disuse). Trust in automation has been found to be an essential psychological basis for appropriate interaction with automated systems. Well-balanced system use requires a calibrated level of trust in correspondence with the actual ability of an automated system. As for these far-reaching implications of trust for safe and efficient system use, the psychological processes, in which trust is dynamically calibrated prior and during the use of automated technology, need to be understood. At this point, only a restricted body of research investigated the role of personality and emotional states for the formation of trust in automated systems. In this research, the role of the personality variables depressiveness, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and locus of control for the experience of anxiety before the first experience with a highly automated driving system were investigated. Additionally, the relationship of the investigated personality variables and anxiety to subsequent formation of trust in automation was investigated. In a driving simulator study, personality variables and anxiety were measured before the interaction with an automated system. Trust in the system was measured after participants drove with the system for a while. Trust in the system was significantly predicted by state anxiety and the personality characteristics self-esteem and selfefficacy. The relationships of self-esteem and self-efficacy were mediated by state anxiety as supported by significant specific indirect effects. While for depression the direct relationship with trust in automation was not found to be significant, an indirect effect through the experience of anxiety was supported. Locus of control did not show a significant association to trust in automation. The reported findings support the importance of considering individual differences in negative self-evaluations and anxiety when being introduced to a new automated system for individual differences in trust in automation. Implications for future research as well as implications for the design of automated technology in general and automated driving systems are discussed.
Bodenzustand in Deutschland
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Bodenbeschaffenheit
subject: Bodengüte
subject: Gefahr durch Schadstoffe
subject: Humus
subject: Bodenstruktur
subject: Bodennutzung
subject: Erosion
subject: Bodenverdichtung
subject: Bodenzustand
subject: Böden Deutschlands
subject: Organische Bodensubstanz
subject: Flächennutzung
subject: Klimawirkung
subject: Boden | Fläche
subject: Soil | Land

description: Obwohl wir uns so gut wie immer auf ihm aufhalten, nehmen wir den Boden oft nicht mehr wahr. Dabei erfüllt Boden eine Reihe ganz wesentlicher Funktionen: Er ist zum Beispiel Wasserspeicher und -filter sowie unentbehrliche Produktionsgrundlage der Land- und Forstwirtschaft. Ohne die maximal einige Dezimeter mächtige fruchtbare Erde wäre kein Leben auf dem Land möglich. Es ist also kein Zufall, dass wir unseren Planeten als „Erde“ bezeichnen, ebenso wie die über Jahrhunderte bis Jahrtausende gewachsene, komplexe Struktur aus anorganischem und organischem Material. Vor allem in den europäischen Böden gehen Veränderungen sehr langsam vor sich.
Web-based delivery of electrical engineering: challenges faced and outcomes
Creators: name: Norfolk, Melissa
name: Naidu, Som
name: Mareels, Iven
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The 'EE1 Online' project [HREF3] is a large collaborative team project which aims to develop a prototype for an online learning environment for undergraduate engineering students. Our chosen subject is an introduction to the fundamentals of electrical engineering. It is difficult to teach, due to the theoretical and sometimes dry nature of the subject matter, but primarily due to the large variation in students' backgrounds. We aimed to make the content more interesting to students through visual animations and circuit simulations, and by presenting the material at various levels of complexity and abstraction, thus making it a valuable tool over the world wide web whilst catering for the diversity of student backgrounds. The current work evaluates the project, the methods used, the resulting online learning environment and how this project may impact on future projects in the Faculty of Engineering. The evaluation of the team dynamics is also important due to the cross collaborative nature of the project.