cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Diaminonaphthalene and guanidine as scaffolds for pi-conjugated amido ligands: Versatile supporting frameworks for transition and main group elements
Creators: name: Bazinet, Patrick R
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Inorganic.

description: This work was launched with a desire to develop novel versatile amido ligands for transition and main group metals. Of utmost importance was building ligands capable of forming strong and robust metal-ligand interactions. Bidentate mono- and di-anionic amido ligands were targeted due to the advantageous effects of chelation. 1,8-Diaminonaphthalene (1,8-DAN) and guanidines were identified as target ligand platforms. The majority of this work deals with the preparation and use of 1,8-DAN based dianionic ligands for transition (Ta, Zn) and main group (B, Al, C, Ge, Sn) metals. The synthesis and reactivity of half-sandwich zirconium guanidinato compounds is also presented. Chapter 1 presents the fundamental concepts surrounding ligand design and presents our rationale for choosing to investigate diamidonaphthalene and guanidinate ligands. Chapter 2 discusses the synthetic routes utilized for the preparation of both classes of ligands used further in this work. Reductive alkylation was used to introduce bulky secondary alkyl groups on the 1,8-DAN frame. The preparation of a guanidine ligand tethered to a silsesquioxane is also reported. Chapter 3 presents our efforts in preparing high-valent Ta(V) complexes supported by 1,8-DAN based ligands. Prevalent in this work is the tendency for Ta alkyl groups to further react with the ligand via C-H activation forming a metallaaziridine. Chapter 4 deals with the 1,8-DAN framework's ability to stabilize singlet carbenes. This new class of N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) possessing a perimidine core demonstrates spectroscopic and reactive characteristics resembling those of the more reactive imidazolidine based NHCs. Chapter 5 describes the preparation of heavier group 14 analogues of perimidine based carbenes. The solid-state structure of the stannylene analogue indicated the presence of intermolecular Sn···arene interactions which were investigated using DFT calculations. Chapter 6 investigates the Lewis basic character of carbenes and germylenes supported by diamidonaphthalene and their potential as ligands for late transition metals. Chapter 7 discusses the use of diisopropyl-1,8-DAN as a ligand for the stabilization of coordinatively unsaturated group 13 elements. Chapter 8 presents a spectroscopic and structural study of mono(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium guanidinato species. Chapter 9 summarizes the work presented in this thesis and discusses how the work reveals but a sliver of the enormous potential of diamidonaphthalene ligands. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
On a problem inspired by Descartes' rule of signs
Creators: name: Kostov, Vladimir Petrov
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study real univariate polynomials with non-zero coefficients and with all roots real, out of which exactly two positive. The sequence of coefficients of such a polynomial begins with $m$ positive coefficients followed by $n$ negative followed by $q$ positive coefficients. We consider the sequence of moduli of their roots on the positive real half-axis; all moduli are supposed distinct. We mark in this sequence the positions of the moduli of the two positive roots. For $m=n=2$, $n=q=2$ and $m=q=2$, we give the exhaustive answer to the question which the positions of the two moduli of positive roots can be.
Making the connections: Using health care research in nursing clinical teaching practice
Creators: name: Lada, Nancy Schoales
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Nursing.

description: Studies show nurses experience many barriers to research use in practice. Nursing education needs to prepare nurses to evaluate and apply research as a basis for practice. Clinical teachers have the opportunity to close the gap between research and practice by preparing students to use research in their practice. However, little is known about how clinical teachers use health care research in nursing clinical teaching practice. The purpose of this qualitative research study is to explore the use of health care research in nursing clinical teaching practice. Study objectives are: (a) to explore the use of health care research by clinical teachers (current practices); (b) to examine clinical teachers' concerns about using health care research in their practice; (c) to explore factors that impede or facilitate clinical teachers' use of health care research in their teaching; and (d) to explore strategies used by clinical teachers to promote use of heath care research by students. A grounded theory approach was used. A convenience sample of 15 clinical teachers in a baccalaureate nursing collaborative program were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Analysis of the data led to the identification of the main theme making the connections. Also identified were the sub categories of valuing the connections, conditions affecting the connections, connections strategies, students seeing the connections and strengthening the connections. The findings were presented to 9 of the original 15 participants and feedback indicated they agreed with the results of analysis and the model developed. Implications for nurses teaching clinical practice, nurses in full-time faculty or administrative roles and research are discussed.
Italian women in science from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century.
Creators: name: Logan, Gabriella Berti.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: History, European.

description: This study attempts to present a comprehensive history of Italian women in science from the Renaissance to the second half of the nineteenth century, when Italian universities welcomed women as students. Most of the women discussed were active in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, at a time when the sciences enjoyed great popularity. Then, some women were members of publicly-funded scientific academies, were university graduates and lecturers at institutes of sciences, and/or universities, and published in learned journals. Since many important women natural philosophers operated during the eighteenth century, there has been a tendency to see their learning in the sciences, degrees, memberships to scientific academies, and lectureships solely as the product of the Enlightenment. However, tradition played a role in their scientific education, in the granting of degrees, memberships and lectureships, and even in the scientific activities some women felt they were entitled to follow. The belief Pope Benedict XIV had that women had played a role at the University of Bologna in past centuries was pivotal in his decision to grant them degrees and positions at the university and its institutions of higher learning in the eighteenth century. Women belonged to publicly-funded academies of sciences in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries because literary and philosophical academies, from which various scientific academies would spring, had not been adverse to welcoming women in their midst. Some women were active in astronomy, botany, medicine, natural philosophy, mathematics, teaching, patronage, and translation during the eighteenth and nineteenth century, as some of their sisters had been during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Of course, the way women carried out these scientific activities modified in later centuries to reflect the popularity and the development of the sciences, university reforms, censorship of the Copernican system, and social changes. Often families and teachers educated women in science in order to increase their own prestige. Nevertheless, there was a widespread belief amongst Italian men that some women were exceptional, and raised above their sex, and therefore could receive an education at par with men, and go further than the rest of their sex. This attitude on the part of the male elite allowed a few women to continue to be associated with institutions of higher learning in the second half of the nineteenth century, when the sciences became professionalized. Most of the Italian women studied were followers of scientific trends. However, there were some notable exceptions at the local and national level. Some women such as Laura Bassi, Elisabetta Fiorini Mazzanti, Caterina. Scarpellini, Anna Morandi Manzolini, and Maria Gaetana Agnesi carried out some pioneering work in the Italian context.
Supplementary document for Two-dimensional topological quantum walks in the momentum space of structured light - 4237518.pdf
Creators: name: D'Errico, Alessio
name: Cardano, Filippo
name: Maffei, Maria
name: Dauphin, Alexandre
name: BARBOZA, Raouf
name: Esposito, Chiara
name: Piccirillo, Bruno
name: Lewenstein, Maciej
name: Massignan, Pietro
name: Marrucci, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: .zip file containing the latex file and figures
title: High-Sustainability-Gründerfonds
title: High-Sustainability-Gründerfonds
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Bergset, Linda
name: Fichter, Klaus
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Umweltinnovationen
subject: Sustainable Finance
subject: Gründerfonds
subject: Start-Ups
subject: Gründungsfinanzierung
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum

description: Für die Erreichung von Klimaschutzzielen und die erfolgreiche Bewältigung von ökologischen Nachhaltigkeitsherausforderungen sind innovative Start-ups von zentraler Bedeutung. Grüne Start-ups erzeugen mit ihren Beiträgen zu Umweltschutzzielen einen gesellschaftlichen Mehrwert, der als "gesellschaftliche Dividende" bezeichnet werden kann. Auf Basis der Auswertung von 17 relevanten staatlichen oder staatlich unterstützten Programmen und Instrumenten der Start-up-Finanzierung in Deutschland und der geführten Interviews mit Expertinnen und Experten konnten klare Defizite und mangelnde Passgenauigkeiten der aktuellen "Finanzierungslandschaft" für grüne Start-ups ermittelt werden. Aus den Interviews und dem Online-Expertengespräch ergeben sich vier grundsätzliche Optionen zur Verbesserung der Finanzierung grüner Start-ups in Deutschland: 1) eine eigenständige Förderinstitution, 2) ein eigenes Förderprogramm, 3) ein eigener Programmbereich innerhalb eines bestehenden Förderprogramms, sowie 4) ein ergänzendes Bonusprogramm. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: Innovative start-ups are of central importance for the achievement of climate protection goals and the successful tackling of environmental sustainability challenges. Green start-ups generate added value for society with their contributions to environmental protection goals, which can be described as a "social dividend". On the basis of the evaluation of 17 relevant governmental or state-supported programmes and instruments of start-up financing in Germany and the interviews conducted with experts, clear deficits and a lack of fit in the current financing eco-system for green start-ups were identified. Four basic options for improving the financing of green start-ups in Germany emerge from the interviews and the online expert-forum: 1) an independent funding institution, 2) a specific funding programme, 3) a separate programme area within an existing funding programme, and 4) a supplementary bonus programme. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: Für das Erreichen von Klimaschutzzielen und die Bewältigung von ökologischen Herausforderungen sind innovative grüne Start-ups von zentraler Bedeutung. Im Rahmen der bestehenden Gründungsförderprogramme können sie jedoch nicht wirksam unterstützt werden. Die Studie verdeutlicht die Defizite und mangelnde Passgenauigkeit der aktuellen Finanzierungslandschaft für grüne Start-ups und diskutiert vier grundsätzliche Optionen zur Verbesserung der Finanzierung grüner Start-ups in Deutschland:1) eine eigenständige Förderinstitution, 2) ein eigenes Förderprogramm, 3) einen eigenen Programmbereich innerhalb eines bestehenden Förderprogramms, sowie 4) ein ergänzendes Bonusprogramm.
Mois de l'éducation ouverte 2024 : Rencontres franco-canadiennes pour une société durable
Creators: name: Dubé, Marianne
Publisher: name: Université de Sherbrooke
Year: 2024
Subjects: Congrès et conférences--Planification
Éducation ouverte
Documents administratifs

description: Du 4 au 29 mars 2024 s'est déroulé le premier mois de l'éducation ouverte (ÉO) sous le thème  Rencontre franco-canadiennes pour une société durable.

Cette programmation collective est une initiative d’universités francophones canadiennes. Le mois de l’éducation 2024 s’inscrit dans le cadre de la Semaine de l’Éducation Ouverte (OE-Week), un événement international : une célébration annuelle de partager activement et d'apprendre sur les dernières réalisations dans le domaine de l'Éducation Ouverte à travers le monde.

À l’échelle de la francophonie canadienne, nous avons décidé de répartir les événements tout au long du mois de mars afin de répartir au mieux les différents événements. 
Programmation interactive en ligne :  https://view.genial.ly/65a945d411fcd300150d4d89

 

Une programmation commune, pour un événement ouvert: l'offre des événements est un effort commun provenant des universités suivantes : Université de Sherbrooke, Université d'Ottawa, Université York, Université Laval, Université du Québec à Montréal, Université de Montréal, fabriqueREL et i-mersion CP.  

 

L’édition 2024 a été coordonnée par Marianne Dubé, Université de Sherbrooke, avec le soutien de la fabriqueREL.

Comité réflexif :  Pre Marie Martel, Université de Montréal; Marilou Bourque, Université Laval; Mélanie Roy, Université du Québec à Montréal

 

Le comité organisateur souhaite rendre disponible l'ensemble des documents utilisés pour effectuer la coordination d'un tel événement afin de faciliter le travail similaire qui pourrait être effectué par d'autres équipes, dans d'autres contextes.

 

 
description: Ressources éducatives libres

REL

Open educational resources

OER
superblockify: A Python Package for Automated Generation, Visualization, and Analysis of Potential Superblocks in Cities
Creators: name: Büth, Carlson Moses
name: Vybornova, Anastassia
name: Szell, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: K.4

description: superblockify is a Python package for partitioning an urban street network into Superblock-like neighborhoods and for visualizing and analyzing the partition results. A Superblock is a set of adjacent urban blocks where vehicular through traffic is prevented or pacified, giving priority to people walking and cycling. The Superblock blueprints and descriptive statistics generated by superblockify can be used by urban planners as a first step in a data-driven planning pipeline, or by urban data scientists as an efficient computational method to evaluate Superblock partitions. The software is licensed under AGPLv3 and is available at https://superblockify.city.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure, see https://superblockify.city/
Buenoa amnigenoidea Nieser 1970
Creators: name: Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos
name: Barbosa, Julianna Freires
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
name: Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Notonectidae
Buenoa
Buenoa amnigenoidea

description: Buenoa amnigenoidea Nieser, 1970
(Fig. 34A–B)
Buenoa amnigenoidea Nieser, 1970b: 80 (original description)
Distribution. Brazil: Amazonas (Nieser 1970b; Barbosa & Nessimian 2013a), Pará (Barbosa & Nessimian 2013a).
Distribution in Pará. Belterra, Itaituba (present study), Oriximiná (Barbosa & Nessimian 2013a; present study).
Material examined. Brazil, Pará, Município de Belterra, Igarapé Aramanaí, 02°42’56” S / 54°59’59” W, 07/XI/2019, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂, 4 ♀). Município de Itaituba, Lago Bom Jardim, 04°16’33” S / 56°00’18” W, 27/VII/2022, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂). Município de Oriximiná, Tanque Patty Chouli, 01°44’01” S / 55°47’39” W, XI/2023, S.E. Santos col. (9 ♂, 3 ♀).
description: Published as part of Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos, Barbosa, Julianna Freires, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques, 2025, Corixoidea and Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Pará, Brazil, with new records from the western portion of the state, pp. 275-304 in Zootaxa 5627 (2) on pages 283-284, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/15325988
Inelastic neutron scattering on Ce pyrochlores: Signatures of electric monopoles
Creators: name: Zhao, Pengwei
name: Chen, Gang V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We revisit the pyrochlore spin liquid materials Ce$_2$Sn$_2$O$_7$ and Ce$_2$Zr$_2$O$_7$ by examining the existing experiments. We continue to rely on the special properties of the dipole-octupole nature of the Ce$^{3+}$ moment. The inelastic neutron scattering (INS) measurement in the octupolar U(1) spin liquid selects the (gapped) spinon continuum, and thus has suppressed spectral weights below the energy threshold of two spinon gaps. This measurement, however, includes all other emergent excitations at lower energies in the dipolar U(1) spin liquid, in particular, the gapless photon and the continuum of the electric monopoles. Although the electric monopole continuum is weakly gapped (compared to the larger spinon gap), the energy scale is actually close to the gauge photons, and the spectrum largely overlaps with the photons. Due to the background dual $π$ flux for the electric monopoles, the density of states is enhanced at lower energies, creating peak structures. This can be contrasted with the linearly suppressed spectral weight of the gauge photons at low energies. We propose that the electric monopole continuum should be mostly responsible for the low-energy spectrum in the INS measurement in the dipolar U(1) spin liquid. With these understanding and calculation, we discuss the available experimental results and predict further experiments for Ce$_2$Sn$_2$O$_7$ and Ce$_2$Zr$_2$O$_7$.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
Recognition of Betaine as an Inhibitor of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Nitric Oxide Production in Activated Microglial Cells
Creators: name: Amiraslani, Banafsheh
name: Sabouni, Farzaneh
name: Shahsanam Abbasi
name: Habiballah Nazem
name: Mohammadsadegh Sabet
Publisher: name: the Pasteur Institute of Iran
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Basic Sciences

description: Iranian Biomedical Journal (IBJ); ISSN 1028-852X
title: Neutropenia febril ¿ por donde empezamos?
Creators: name: Buitrago Sanchez, Nelson
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Oncology
subject: Haematologic

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
El propósito de la revisión es presentar el papel del radiólogo en un servicio de urgencias para el abordaje inicial de la neutropenia febril inducida por quimioterapia. Para ello se incluyen las distintas modalidades de imagen diagnóstica...
T-type calcium channels functionally interact with spectrin (α/β) and ankyrin B
Creators: name: Garcia-Caballero, Agustin
name: Zhang, Fang-Xiong
name: Hodgkinson, Victoria
name: Huang, Junting
name: Chen, Lina
name: Souza, Ivana A.
name: Cain, Stuart
name: Kass, Jennifer
name: Alles, Sascha
name: Snutch, Terrance P.
name: Zamponi, Gerald W.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: This study describes the functional interaction between the Cav3.1 and Cav3.2 T-type calcium channels and cytoskeletal spectrin (α/β) and ankyrin B proteins. The interactions were identified utilizing a proteomic approach to identify proteins that interact with a conserved negatively charged cytosolic region present in the carboxy-terminus of T-type calcium channels. Deletion of this stretch of amino acids decreased binding of Cav3.1 and Cav3.2 calcium channels to spectrin (α/β) and ankyrin B and notably also reduced T-type whole cell current densities in expression systems. Furthermore, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching analysis of mutant channels lacking the proximal C-terminus region revealed reduced recovery of both Cav3.1 and Cav3.2 mutant channels in hippocampal neurons. Knockdown of spectrin α and ankyrin B decreased the density of endogenous Cav3.2 in hippocampal neurons. These findings reveal spectrin (α/β) / ankyrin B cytoskeletal and signaling proteins as key regulators of T-type calcium channels expressed in the nervous system.
title: Precisión diagnóstica de la tomografía computarizada multicorte (TCMC) en el estadiaje prequirúrgico del adenocarcinoma gástrico.
Creators: name: Fernández Plaza, Angela Maria
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Staging
subject: CT
subject: Stomach (incl. Oesophagus)
subject: Abdomen

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
El cáncer gástrico representa la cuarta causa de muerte por cáncer en el mundo,
aunque su incidencia global está disminuyendo.
La cirugía es el único tratamiento potencialmente curativo,
y además los programas de detección precoz junto con...
title: TCMC en el pie plano adquirido del adulto: ¿qué tenemos que valorar?
Creators: name: Gallardo Agromayor, Elena
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: CT
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Musculoskeletal bone

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Mostrar los hallazgos más relevantes del TCMC en la valoración de los estadíos avanzados del pie plano adquirido del adulto (PPAA),
que repercuten en la elección de la técnica quirúrgica. El objetivo fundamental del estudio será aportar...
title: Importancia clínica del diagnóstico mediante TC de las anomalías congénitas de la vena cava inferior.
Creators: name: Alvarez Alriols, Ana
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Anatomy
subject: Veins / Vena cava
subject: CT
subject: Normal variants

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Presentación de cuatro casos de anomalías congénitas de vena cava inferior diagnosticadas mediante TC, incluyendo: un caso de interrupción de vena cava inferior con continuación a través de sistema ácigos,
tres casos de doble vena cava...
Leitfaden zur umweltfreundlichen öffentlichen Beschaffung: Staubsauger
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Staubsauger
subject: Öffentliche Beschaffung
subject: Umweltfreundliche Beschaffung
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum

description: Die Verminderung des Energieverbrauchs, die Vermeidung von Schadstoffen und Abfall sowie die Kreislaufführung sind wichtige Ziele des Umweltschutzes. Der Leitfaden unterstützt bei der Beschaffung von Staubsaugern, die sich durch einen geringen Energieverbrauch, eine hohe Staubaufnahme, geringe Staub- und Geräuschemissionen, die Verwendung umweltschonender Materialien sowie eine langlebige und recyclinggerechte Konstruktion auszeichnen. Er basiert auf den Kriterien des Umweltzeichens Blauer Engel für Staubsauger (DE-UZ 188, Ausgabe Januar 2020). Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Die Verminderung des Energieverbrauchs, die Vermeidung von Schadstoffen und Abfall sowie die Kreislaufführung sind wichtige Ziele des Umweltschutzes. Der Leitfaden unterstützt bei der Beschaffung von Staubsaugern, die sich durch einen geringen Energieverbrauch, eine hohe Staubaufnahme, geringe Staub- und Geräuschemissionen, die Verwendung umweltschonender Materialien sowie eine langlebige und recyclinggerechte Konstruktion auszeichnen.Er basiert auf den Kriterien des Umweltzeichens Blauer Engel für Staubsauger (DE-UZ 188, Ausgabe Januar 2020).
Investigating visual and motor influences on action prediction of a volleyball set action
Creators: name: Dhaliwal, Michael
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: In high-performance sports, anticipating an opponent’s actions provides a significant advantage for fast and accurate responding. One proposed mechanism for this anticipatory process is internal action simulation, which enables athletes to predict actions by accessing motor representations. Previous research suggests that motor experience enhances anticipation by facilitating this simulation process (Aglioti et al., 2008). However, even in the absence of direct motor experience, individuals may still develop anticipatory skills through visual attunement to key kinematic cues, using the visual system as a static matching process in proxy of a dynamic simulation which functions with the motor experience (Mulligan et al., 2016b; Chen et al., 2017; Tomeo et al., 2013). This study investigated how visual and motor experience contribute to action prediction in a volleyball set by comparing expert and intermediate volleyball players (N = 49). Three positional groups were tested: Setters (high motor experience setting, n = 15), Blockers (high visual experience responding to setting actions, n = 17), and Outside-hitters (lower experience responding to sets, n = 15). Using a temporal occlusion paradigm, participants viewed setting actions from either a first-person, setter perspective or third-person, blocker perspective, making predictions about set direction at varying occlusion points. Results revealed that outside hitters were significantly less accurate than expert setters and blockers, but overall, expert setters and blockers did not differ. Skill-based differences emerged at -60ms before ball contact, with expert setters and blockers (~65-70% accuracy) outperforming their intermediate counterparts (~45-50%). However, prediction accuracy differences between skill groups were reduced at ball contact. This suggests that experts could extract and utilize early kinematic cues, whereas intermediates may have relied more on ball flight cues that were unavailable at earlier occlusion points. Surprisingly, perspective did not significantly influence accuracy, contrary to predictions that setters and blockers would perform better from their dominant perspective. These data suggest that motor and visual experiences both contribute somewhat equally to action prediction, challenging the idea that motor experience facilitates prediction accuracy. Although we did not have evidence for differences in mechanisms across the setters and blockers, recommendations for future work involve more mechanistic exploration, including perhaps measures of eye-tracking.
Alternative splicing and genomic organization of the SLAP gene encoding sarcolemmal-associated proteins.
Creators: name: Wielowieyski, Paul A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Sarcolemmal-associated proteins (SLAPs) are a family of acidic amphipathic alpha-helical proteins associated with the membrane. Different size SLAP transcripts were identified and shown to encode polypeptides of 37, 46 and 74 kDa designated by SLAP1, SLAP2 and SLAP3, respectively. The SLAP1 and SLAP2 transcripts were expressed in cardiac, soleus and smooth muscle, whereas SLAP3 was expressed ubiquitously. The subcellular distribution studies localized SLAPs to cell membrane, as well as sarco/endoplasmic reticulum membrane and transverse-tubules. The SLAP family is encoded by a single gene which was mapped to a human chromosome 3p14.3-21.2 and the various transcripts are perhaps generated by alternative promoter and/or alternative splicing. In order to understand the molecular basis underlying the SLAP isoform diversity studies were carried out to elucidate the genomic organization of the SLAP gene. The 3$\sp\prime$ end of SLAP gene is composed of 11 exons spanning over 35 kb, that range in size from 60 to 321 bp. SLAP introns on the other hand, range in size from 0.2 to 5.5 kb and all conform to a canonical GT-AG rule. Results suggest that SLAP primary transcript is alternatively spliced and that the expression of alternative variants is regulated in a developmental and tissue specific manner. Moreover, RT-PCR and cDNA library screening isolated alternatively spliced human, rabbit and rat orthologues that have been evolutionarily conserved which is indicative of a functional role of the various variants. Although the function of various SLAP variants remains unknown the alternative splicing is predicted to introduce putative phosphorylation sites, influence secondary structure and perhaps alter subcellular localization. In summary, heterogeneity due to alternative usage of the N-terminal of SLAP combined with the diversity generated by alternative splicing is predicted to give rise to 36 distinct SLAP isoforms, that may perhaps play distinct roles in the membrane function.
Unbiased Estimating Equation on Inverse Divergence and Its Conditions
Creators: name: Kobayashi, Masahiro
name: Watanabe, Kazuho
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper focuses on the Bregman divergence defined by the reciprocal function, called the inverse divergence. For the loss function defined by the monotonically increasing function $f$ and inverse divergence, the conditions for the statistical model and function $f$ under which the estimating equation is unbiased are clarified. Specifically, we characterize two types of statistical models, an inverse Gaussian type and a mixture of generalized inverse Gaussian type distributions, to show that the conditions for the function $f$ are different for each model. We also define Bregman divergence as a linear sum over the dimensions of the inverse divergence and extend the results to the multi-dimensional case.
description: Accepted to the 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2024)
Discovery of Inhibitors Targeting p38γ and PLK1 Using Combined Virtual Screening, Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Biological Evaluation
Creators: name: Cheng, Zixuan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis described the discovering processes of potential inhibitors targeting p38γ or/and PLK1 by in silico discoveries and in vitro evaluations. This study was the first large scale in silico screening for p38γ inhibitors and the first attempt for computing discovery of specific PLK1 inhibitors. The study also first proposed the idea of dual PLK1 and p38γ inhibitors and highlighted its possibility of synergistic anticancer effects. The study addresses an unmet clinical need on the discovery of novel inhibitors for aggressive cancers and provides an innovative in silico pipeline for dual inhibitor discovery.
The impact of HCV co-infection status on healthcare-related utilization among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada: a retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Ma, Huiting
name: Villalobos, Conrado F.
name: St-Jean, Martin
name: Eyawo, Oghenowede
name: Lavergne, Miriam R.
name: Ti, Lianping
name: Hull, Mark W.
name: Yip, Benita
name: Wu, Lang
name: Hogg, Robert S.
name: Barrios, Rolando
name: Shoveller, Jean
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Lima, Viviane D.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: The burden of HCV among those living with HIV remains a major public health challenge. We aimed to characterize trends in healthcare-related visits (HRV) of people living with HIV (PLW-HIV) and those living with HIV and HCV (PLW-HIV/HCV), in British Columbia (BC), and to identify risk factors associated with the highest HRV rates over time. Methods: Eligible individuals, recruited from the BC Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention of HIV/AIDS population-based retrospective cohort (N = 3955), were ≥ 18 years old, first started combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) between 01/01/2000–31/12/2013, and were followed for ≥6 months until 31/12/2014. The main outcome was HRV rate. The main exposure was HIV/HCV co-infection status. We built a confounder non-linear mixed effects model, adjusting for several demographic and time-dependent factors. Results: HRV rates have decreased since 2000 in both groups. The overall age-sex standardized HRV rate (per person-year) among PLW-HIV and PLW-HIV/HCV was 21.11 (95% CI 20.96–21.25) and 41.69 (95% CI 41.51–41.88), respectively. The excess in HRV in the co-infected group was associated with late presentation for ART, history of injection drug use, sub-optimal ART adherence and a higher number of comorbidities. The adjusted HRV rate ratio for PLW-HIV/HCV in comparison to PLW-HIV was 1.18 (95% CI 1.13–1.24). Conclusions: Although HRV rates have decreased over time in both groups, PLW-HIV/HCV had 18% higher HRV than those only living with HIV. Our results highlight several modifiable risk factors that could be targeted as potential means to minimize the disease burden of this population and of the healthcare system.
Bewertung von Flugrouten unter Lärmwirkungsaspekten
Creators: name: Eggers, Sebastian
name: Riek, Oliver
name: Bachmeier, Bettina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Fluglärm
subject: Flughafen
subject: Lärmwirkung
subject: Lärm
subject: Gesundheitsgefährdung
subject: Fluglärmbewertung
subject: Flugrouten
subject: Lärmwirkungsforschung
subject: Fluglärmschutz
subject: Lärmauswirkung
subject: Erkrankungsrisiko
subject: Weltgesundheitsorganisation
subject: WHO
subject: Lärm
subject: Transport

description: Flugrouten können für die Flughafenanwohnerinnen und -anwohner erhebliche Lärmauswirkungen haben. Es ist deshalb wichtig, eine lärmwirkungsgerechte Beurteilung der Flugrouten vorzunehmen. Hierfür wurde in einem Forschungsvorhaben ein Bewertungsverfahren entwickelt, das dem aktuellen Erkenntnisstand der Lärmwirkungsforschung entspricht. Das Verfahren verwendet Prüfwerte für den Tag und die Nacht. Zusätzlich wird als Kenngröße die sogenannte „Population-Attributable-Fraction“ der Weltgesundheitsorganisation benutzt, um mögliche Erhöhungen des Erkrankungsrisikos zu berücksichtigen. Nähere Einzelheiten können dem Abschlussbericht des Forschungsvorhabens entnommen werden.
Circulation financière et financement de la dépense : une analyse conjoncturelle des comptes des flux financiers.
Creators: name: Fortin, Guy.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Economics, Finance.

description: L'objectif de cette recherche est d'évaluer l'importance des phénomènes monétaires dans la détermination du niveau de la dépense d'investissement des agents économiques. Pour ce faire, l'analyse s'organise autour des phénomènes liés au financement. Les Comptes des flux financiers forment l'instrument à partir duquel on examinera à la fois les circuits empruntent par les agents pour assurer le financement de la dépense et l'usage qui est fait des ressources disponibles. L'utilisation de cette composante du système de comptabilité nationale permet de suivre la circulation des flux dans le processus de financement en vue de l'acquisition d'actifs financiers aussi bien que non financiers. Pour ce faire, elle partitionne l'ensemble des agents économiques en treize secteurs et définit, pour chacun de ceux-ci, la composition de son portefeuille de titres financiers. De plus, elle lie les activités financières et la formation de l'épargne et de l'investissement sur une base sectorielle. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism near the CYP17A1 Gene Is Associated with Left Ventricular Mass in Hypertensive Patients under Pharmacotherapy
Creators: name: Huber, Matthias
name: Lezius, Susanne
name: Reibis, Rona
name: Treszl, Andras
name: Kujawinska, Dorota
name: Jakob, Stefanie
name: Wegscheider, Karl
name: Völler, Heinz
name: Kreutz, Reinhold
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: clinical study
subject: genetics
subject: heart
subject: hypertension
subject: cytochrome P450 17A1 (Cyp17A1)
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Cytochrome P450 17A1 (CYP17A1) catalyses the formation and metabolism of steroid hormones. They are involved in blood pressure (BP) regulation and in the pathogenesis of left ventricular hypertrophy. Therefore, altered function of CYP17A1 due to genetic variants may influence BP and left ventricular mass. Notably, genome wide association studies supported the role of this enzyme in BP control. Against this background, we investigated associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in or nearby the CYP17A1 gene with BP and left ventricular mass in patients with arterial hypertension and associated cardiovascular organ damage treated according to guidelines. Patients (n = 1007, mean age 58.0 ± 9.8 years, 83% men) with arterial hypertension and cardiac left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥40% were enrolled in the study. Cardiac parameters of left ventricular mass, geometry and function were determined by echocardiography. The cohort comprised patients with coronary heart disease (n = 823; 81.7%) and myocardial infarction (n = 545; 54.1%) with a mean LVEF of 59.9% ± 9.3%. The mean left ventricular mass index (LVMI) was 52.1 ± 21.2 g/m2.7 and 485 (48.2%) patients had left ventricular hypertrophy. There was no significant association of any investigated SNP (rs619824, rs743572, rs1004467, rs11191548, rs17115100) with mean 24 h systolic or diastolic BP. However, carriers of the rs11191548 C allele demonstrated a 7% increase in LVMI (95% CI: 1%–12%, p = 0.017) compared to non-carriers. The CYP17A1 polymorphism rs11191548 demonstrated a significant association with LVMI in patients with arterial hypertension and preserved LVEF. Thus, CYP17A1 may contribute to cardiac hypertrophy in this clinical condition.
The SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey: Exploring halo assembly bias with X-ray selected superclusters
Creators: name: Liu, A.
name: Bulbul, E.
name: Shin, T.
name: von der Linden, A.
name: Ghirardini, V.
name: Kluge, M.
name: Sanders, J. S.
name: Grandis, S.
name: Zhang, X.
name: Artis, E.
name: Bahar, Y. E.
name: Balzer, F.
name: Clerc, N.
name: Malavasi, N.
name: Merloni, A.
name: Nandra, K.
name: Ramos-Ceja, M. E.
name: Zelmer, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore halo assembly bias on cluster scales using large samples of superclusters. Leveraging the largest-ever X-ray galaxy cluster and supercluster samples obtained from the first SRG/eROSITA all-sky survey, we construct two subsamples of galaxy clusters which consist of supercluster members (SC) and isolated clusters (ISO) respectively. After correcting the selection effects on redshift, mass, and survey depth, we compute the excess in the concentration of the intracluster gas of isolated clusters with respect to supercluster members, defined as $δc_{\rm gas} \equiv c_{\rm gas,ISO}/c_{\rm gas,SC}-1$, to investigate the environmental effect on the concentration of clusters, an inference of halo assembly bias on cluster scales. We find that the average gas mass concentration of isolated clusters is a few percent higher than that of supercluster members, with a maximum significance of $2.8σ$. The result on $δc_{\rm gas}$ varies with the overdensity ratio $f$ in supercluster identification, cluster mass proxies, and mass ranges, but remains positive in all the measurements. We measure slightly larger $δc_{\rm gas}$ when adopting a higher $f$ in supercluster identification. $δc_{\rm gas}$ is also larger for low-mass and low-redshift clusters. We perform weak lensing analyses to compare the total mass concentration of the two classes and find a similar trend as obtained from gas mass concentration. Our results are consistent with the prediction of HAB on cluster scales, where halos located in denser environments are less concentrated, and this trend is stronger for halos with lower mass and at lower redshifts. These phenomena can be interpreted by the fact that clusters in denser environments such as superclusters have experienced more mergers than isolated clusters in their assembling history.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A
Furten und Kolke in Fließgewässern des Tieflands : Morphologie, Habitatfunktion für Fische und Renaturierungsmaßnahmen
Creators: name: Brunke, Matthias
Publisher: name: Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde, Koblenz
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Water resources research

description: Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung / BfG – Jahrgang: 56.2012,3 - ISSN 1439-1783
The herschel virgo cluster survey: XV. Planck submillimetre sources in the Virgo Cluster
Creators: name: Baes, M.
name: Herranz, D.
name: Bianchi, S.
name: Ciesla, L.
name: Clemens, M.
name: De Zotti, G.
name: Allaert, F.
name: Auld, R.
name: Bendo, G. J.
name: Boquien, M.
name: Boselli, A.
name: Clements, D. L.
name: Cortese, Luca
name: Davies, J. I.
name: De Looze, I.
name: Di Serego Alighieri, S.
name: Fritz, J.
name: Gentile, G.
name: González-Nuevo, J.
name: Hughes, T.
name: Smith, M. W L
name: Verstappen, J.
name: Viaene, S.
name: Vlahakis, C.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We cross-correlate the Planck Catalogue of Compact Sources (PCCS) with the fully sampled 84 deg(2) Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey (HeViCS) fields. We search for and identify the 857 and 545 GHz PCCS sources in the HeViCS fields by studying their FIR/submm and optical counterparts. We find 84 and 48 compact Planck sources in the HeViCS fields at 857 and 545 GHz, respectively. Almost all sources correspond to individual bright Virgo Cluster galaxies. The vast majority of the Planck detected galaxies are late-type spirals, with the Sc class dominating the numbers, while early-type galaxies are virtually absent from the sample, especially at 545 GHz. We compare the HeViCS SPIRE flux densities for the detected galaxies with the four different PCCS flux density estimators and find an excellent correlation with the aperture photometry flux densities, even at the highest flux density levels. We find only seven PCCS sources in the HeViCS fields without a nearby galaxy as obvious counterpart, and conclude that all of these are dominated by Galactic cirrus features or are spurious detections. No Planck sources in the HeViCS fields seem to be associated to high-redshift proto-clusters of dusty galaxies or strongly lensed submm sources. Finally, our study is the first empirical confirmation of the simulation-based estimated completeness of the PCCS, and provides a strong support of the internal PCCS validation procedure.
Do suns dream of hummingbird looms
Creators: name: Bart, Vyatcheslav
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: Do Suns Dream of Hummingbird Looms is a book of lyric poetry, exploring loss and the possibility of renewal. A personal story of the loss of home and immigration is nestled inside a narrative of love and imagination. Genres within genres explore spaces within spaces in a number of different settings, including a town in Kazakhstan, a town in Canada, a village in Japan, and a fantastical city on another planet. The collection attempts to hold an intricate cosmos of human and more than human life from the perspective of a Russian-Jewish immigrant. A complex woven structure is part of a poetic building of “the ark” – a recurring symbol, an inclusive liminal space of metaphor. The core of the thesis is made up of several long sequences of lyric fragments. This core of longer sequences is framed by two shorter sequences. These are sealed by a single visual assemblage poem, a crescendo of formal and thematic features. Two interconnected photographs form the outermost frame. Braiding is a key formal feature and theme. The poems enact different forms of braiding individually and as series. The opening photograph is intricately matched with the closing photograph. The shorter framing sequence which starts the collection is matched with the shorter framing sequence at the end. The longer, core serial poems are pairs of braided sequences. In the first, a series of prose poems set in the author’s Soviet hometown in Kazakhstan, with an emphasis on the image of the ship and imaginary journeys, is braided with a series in verse, addressed to Beatrice and set in an ethereal, kaleidoscopic landscape of metaphors for the beloved. In the second, a series of poems in prose are set in the same hometown, with an emphasis on family life, domestic violence, the criminal world, and a child’s experience in a small town undergoing the collapse of the USSR. These prose poems are braided with a series of poems in verse, set in a fantastical urban landscape called Beatrice.
Leitfaden Nachhaltige Chemikalien
Creators: name: Reihlen, Antonia
name: Bunke, Dirk
name: Gruhlke, Andreas
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016

description: Nachhaltige Chemie hat viele Gesichter. Sie reichen von der Auswahl inhärent sicherer Chemikalien über die ökobilanzielle Erfassung der Umweltauswirkungen einer Produktlinie bis zur Umsetzung von anspruchsvollen Sozialstandards in der Lieferkette. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
Effect of Graphene Coating on Strain Sensing and Mechanical Performance of Glass Fibre-Reinforced Composites
Creators: name: Reghat, Mojdeh
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: High-performance composite structures are often exposed to external impacts and stresses resulting in hardly detectable defects and structural failure. In this work, novel fibre reinforced composites were developed by the incorporation of graphene (carbon nanomaterial) in the composite. It was shown that graphene induces deformation (strain) sensing behaviour in the composite. This sensing functionality enables predicting the failure and the remaining life of the composite structure. The reliability and repeatability of the composite sensors were determined using standardised testing methods. The effect of graphene on the mechanical properties of the composites was also investigated.
Supplementary document for Periodically poled thin film lithium niobate microring resonators with a second-harmonic generation efficiency of 250,000 %/W - 4240818.pdf
Creators: name: Tang, Hong
name: Lu, Juanjuan
name: Surya, Joshua
name: Liu, Xianwen
name: Bruch, Alexander
name: Gong, Zheng
name: Xu, Yuntao
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental information
Shocks in the warm neutral medium I -- Theoretical model
Creators: name: Godard, Benjamin
name: Forêts, Guillaume Pineau Des
name: Bialy, Shmuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. Atomic and molecular line emissions from shocks may provide valuable information on the injection of mechanical energy in the interstellar medium (ISM), the generation of turbulence, and the processes of phase transition between the Warm Neutral Medium (WNM) and the Cold Neutral Medium (CNM).Aims. In this series of papers, we investigate the properties of shocks propagating in the WNM. Our objective is to identify the tracers of these shocks, use them to interpret ancillary observations of the local diffuse matter, and provide predictions for future observations.Methods. Shocks propagating in the WNM are studied using the Paris-Durham shock code, a multi-fluid model built to follow the thermodynamical and chemical structures of shock waves, at steady-state, in a plane-parallel geometry. The code, already designed to take into account the impact of an external radiation field, is updated to treat self-irradiated shocks at intermediate (30
description: Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A (2024)