cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Self-Determination Theory and Posttraumatic Growth in University Students Experiencing Negative Life Events
Creators: name: Lumb, Andrew
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Autonomous motivation
Posttraumatic growth
Self-determination

description: Grounded in Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000), the purpose of this thesis was to investigate the role of global/dispositional autonomous and controlled motivation orientations in facilitating posttraumatic growth (PTG; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996, 2004) following the experience of various significant negative life events (Manuscript 1), relationship dissolution (Manuscript 2), and bereavement (Manuscript 3) in two university student samples. The objectives were to investigate the contribution of dispositional autonomous and controlled motivation in statistically predicting PTG above and beyond previously researched correlates; and explore the mediating role of cognitive appraisals and coping strategies in explaining the relationship between dispositional motivation orientations and PTG. Consistent with the overall hypotheses of the thesis, dispositional autonomous motivation was positively associated with PTG across all three manuscripts. Across all three manuscripts, we found that dispositional autonomous motivation explained a unique portion of the variance in explaining PTG, above and beyond previously researched correlates of PTG and dispositional controlled motivation. Mediation results indicated an indirect effect of dispositional autonomous motivation on PTG through primary cognitive appraisal (Manuscript 1). Dispositional autonomous motivation was positively associated with task-oriented coping strategies across all three manuscripts. Moreover, task-oriented coping strategies were the strongest indirect effect in Manuscript 1, and the only significant indirect effect in Manuscript 2 and Manuscript 3 between dispositional autonomous motivation and PTG. Dispositional controlled motivation was positively related to disengagement-oriented coping strategies in Manuscript 1 and 2, but unrelated in Manuscript 3. Collectively, these findings highlight the importance of incorporating motivation orientations into theoretical models of PTG and aiding practitioners in better recognizing the significance of motivational factors in facilitating posttraumatic growth.
Design policy for Estonia in the global economy
Creators: name: Friedman, Ken
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Estonia is an economy in transition. For many, the Estonian economy began with the rebirth of an independent Estonia at the start of the 1990s. Leaving the centralized command economy of the Soviet bloc brought challenges as well as opportunities. Today, as Estonia prepares to join the European Union, the opportunities of larger markets and increasingly free trade are balanced by the demanding challenges of increasingly integrated participation in the global economy. To meet these challenges, Estonia is now considering the development of a national design policy. This policy must be set against the background of a global knowledge economy.
Part A: Development of a Modular Synthetic Approach to Polycyclic Polyprenylated Acylphlorogluginols: Total Synthesis of Papuaforin A, B, C, Hyperforin and Formal Synthesis of Nemorosone. Part B: Studies Toward the Synthesis of Ginkgolides
Creators: name: Bellavance, Gabriel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Total synthesis
PPAPs
Organic chemistry
Ginkgolides
Gold catalysis
Complex molecules
Claisen rearrangement

description: Polycyclic Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinols (PPAPs) are a vast family of natural products, which includes more than 200 members. They contain a stunningly complex molecular architecture which in most cases includes a bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane core. PPAPs have been of interest to the scientific community for their intricate structure, their powerful aid in treating many ailments and large portfolio of biological activities. More particularly, they have been of synthetic interest since 1999 with the first report of an approach to these complicated cores by Nicolaou. Herein, we present the first total synthesis of papuaforin A, papuaforin B, papuaforin C, hyperforin and the formal synthesis of nemorosone following a report by Simpkins and co-workers. We relied on a gold(I)-catalyzed carbocyclization for the construction of the core of this family of natural products. Ginkgolides are isolated from the ginko tree, Ginkgo biloba, a living fossil with records of its existence dating back 280 million years. For centuries, the plant and its extracts have been used extensively for their beneficial properties, especially in China, Japan and India. For example, extract Egb761, one of the most potent fraction, generates over $500 million a year alone. The ginkgolides possess a truly unique compact diterpene framework of six 5-membered rings with a high content oxygen. Eleven oxygens can be found in ginkgolide C for a core containing only 23 carbons. The ginkgolides also include a very unique feature: a tert-butyl group located on the most convoluted ring system: the B ring. Few groups have found success in limning a synthetic route to ginkgolides. Corey’s group was the first to achieve the total synthesis of ginkgolide B in 1987. He was also able to complete ginkgolide A a year later. Crimmins and co-workers also achieved the total synthesis of ginkgolide B a decade later in 1999. Herein, we present our new approach toward ginkgolides through a newly developed methodology for the α-allylation of ketones and the creation of highly hindered contiguous quaternary centers. The synthesis is still at an early stage but a synthetic pathway giving access to the ring B with all the key moieties has been extensively investigated.
title:  I criteri di competenza per le controversie instaurate dal paziente
Creators: name: Ammassari, Ginevra
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2017

description: Lo scritto approfondisce il discusso tema dell’applicabilità del foro speciale dettato dall’art. 33, 2° comma, lett. u, cod. cons. ai giudizi relativi alla responsabilità della struttura sanitaria, analizzando in chiave critica i diversi orientamenti giurisprudenziali e dottrinari in ordine all’(in)derogabilità di tale criterio di competenza.
description: I profili processuali della nuova disciplina sulla responsabilità sanitaria
In Search of Concrete Outcomes—A Systematic Review on the Effectiveness of Educational Interventions on Reducing Acute Occupational Injuries
Creators: name: Li, Jim
name: Pang, Max
name: Smith, Jennifer
name: Pawliuk, Colleen
name: Pike, Ian, 1958-
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Education is a common strategy used to prevent occupational injuries. However, its effectiveness is often measured using surrogate measures instead of true injury outcomes. To evaluate the effectiveness of workplace educational interventions, we selectively analyzed studies that reported injury outcomes (PROSPERO ID: CRD42019140631). We searched databases for peer-reviewed journal articles and sources of grey literature such as abstracts, registered trials, and theses published between 2000 and 2019. Studies on educational interventions that reported fatal or non-fatal occupational injury outcomes were selected. Two reviewers independently and in duplicate screened the studies, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias. Heterogeneity in the data precluded meta-analysis, and the results were reviewed narratively. In total, 35 studies were included. Of which, 17 found a significant reduction in injuries, most of which featured a multifaceted approach or non-didactic education. The remaining studies either described equivocal results or did not report statistical significance. Overall, interventions in the manufacturing industry were more effective than those in the construction sector. Risk of bias among included studies was moderate to high. In conclusion, educational interventions could be an effective part of multifaceted injury prevention programs. However, over-reliance on didactic education alone is not advised.
Figure S1. from Genetic variation in the brooding brittle-star: a global hybrid polyploid complex?
Creators: name: Hugall, Andrew
name: Byrne, Maria
name: O'Hara, Timothy Damian
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310509
subject: Genomics

description: IQTree ML 16S phylogeny with bootstrap support (n=1000), including the new samples (red) and samples from NCBI (Black). Clade iden􀆟ty follows Sponer (2002) and Sponer et al. (2001), except here we follow Le Gac et al. (2004) in not a􀆩emp􀆟ng to subdivide A1234 further, crea􀆟ng a new subclade (B2) for divergent B samples reported herein, clade S for the Ophiosphaera ingroup and X deno􀆟ng outgroups. Biossin et al. (2015 ) uses a slightly different classifica􀆟on, her A1 = A3+A4 of Sponer, A2 = A1+A2, and A3 = A5. No sequences of Sponer’s (2002) F and G clades appear to be available in public databases.
The forgotten refugees
Creators: name: Browne, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: If we’re all starting to feel impatient about the war in Iraq after two weeks, then try to imagine how the 83,000 refugees at the Kakuma camp in north-west Kenya are feeling. Driven from Sudan, Somalia and half a dozen other countries by war and famine, some of them have been waiting for more than ten years in this arid, remote region. [Introduction]
L'industrie canadienne de la télévision à l'ère du numérique: l'invasion du multi-écrans
Creators: name: Tapp, Fanny-Ève
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: télévision
télévision mobile
multi-écrans
télédiffusion
second écran
deuxième écran
télévision sociale
publicité

description: Cette étude a pour but d’investiguer l’état de la télédiffusion canadienne dans le contexte du multi-écrans. Nous cherchons à identifier les enjeux auxquels les télédiffuseurs et les publicitaires font face dans leur adaptation au multi-écrans, que ce soit au niveau créatif, économique ou technologique. Suite à une série d’entrevues auprès de professionnels de l’industrie, nous présentons une évaluation sommative des niveaux d’innovations multi-écrans afin d’évaluer comment elles ont influencé les modèles d’affaires actuels en nous basant sur différentes théories de l’innovation afférentes à l’industrie des médias. Nous élaborons sur le couplage d'un média traditionnel avec les écrans mobiles numériques afin de mieux comprendre non seulement l'état actuel de l'industrie mais également la tangente qu'elle prend pour l'avenir. Ainsi, nous dressons une cartographie des principales initiatives canadiennes et commentons sur les réactions d’accueil qu’elles ont suscitées au sein de l’industrie.
Figure S4. from Genetic variation in the brooding brittle-star: a global hybrid polyploid complex?
Creators: name: Hugall, Andrew
name: Byrne, Maria
name: O'Hara, Timothy Damian
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310509
subject: Genomics

description: Comparison of sequence variant summary results from single-read (110 bp, 360 exons, blue) and merged-read (190 bp, 200 exons, orange) datasets. (a) Median richness (number of variants). (b) Nucleo􀆟de diversity, average pairwise p-distance (pi), with maximum pairwise distance merged-read exons addi􀆟onally shown in grey. (c) Propor􀆟on of exons with >2 variants. Sample names coloured by their mito-group, . Results for both richness and diversity are essen􀆟ally the same for both single and merged read exons sets and for diversity measured as average pairwise or maximum.
title:  L’azione di rivalsa della struttura sanitaria
Creators: name: Ricci, Giulia
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2017

description: Il contributo esamina la disciplina processuale dell’azione di rivalsa esperibile dalla struttura sanitaria nei confronti dell’esercente la professione sanitaria di cui alla l. 24/2017. In particolare, si descrivono le innovazioni introdotte in tema di quantificazione del danno e condizioni della domanda.
description: I profili processuali della nuova disciplina sulla responsabilità sanitaria
In memory of Stanislav Martinát (1976-2023)
Creators: name: Frantál, Bohumil
name: Bartke, Stephan
name: Chodkowska-Miszczuk, Justyna
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Tschechische Republik

description: On Sunday, August 13, 2023, Stanislav Martinát - a respected Czech geographer and member of the Editorial Board of Moravian Geographical Reports journal - died after a short serious illness at the age of 47. Despite his relatively young age, Stanislav Martinát was one of the most productive and the most cited Czech geographers. He is the author or coauthor of over 100 peer-reviewed articles, of which more than 70 were published in journals indexed in the Web of Science database. This article is a collection of personal memories from people from different workplaces from several countries who had the opportunity to work with Stanislav (Standa) and to share a part of their life stage with him. © 2023 Bohumil Frantál et al., published by Sciendo
Figure S5 and S6 from Genetic variation in the brooding brittle-star: a global hybrid polyploid complex?
Creators: name: Hugall, Andrew
name: Byrne, Maria
name: O'Hara, Timothy Damian
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310509
subject: Genomics

description: Figure S5. Bar chart of the number of non-monophyletic sequence variant lineages (NMLs) with respect to mito-group, including median and 50% range, from 200 merged-read exon UPGMA trees. Samples in order and coloured as previous figures. Figure S6. Minimum divergence between sequence variants of mito-group pairs across 200 exons from the merged read dataset. Groups A+B then C+E share the largest number of similar sequence variants, with variants being much more divergent (higher p-distance) in other group comparisons. This indicates that hybridisa..on events are much more likely to occur between individuals of related mito-groups.
Empirical Investigation of Web 2.0 Technologies for Social Commerce and Implementation of Social App Prototypes
Creators: name: Yoon, Seo Yeon
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Social commerce
e-commerce using Web 2.0
Web 2.0 for business
User contribution
Online word of mouth

description: Social commerce is a growing field due to the popularity of social media. Research on social commerce stresses the benefits of utilizing social media or Web 2.0 technologies for business because user contribution, participation and collaboration, which are characteristics of Web 2.0, fuel business vitalization. Nevertheless, there is a lack of academic research on social commerce, and in what little research there is, the coverage is circumscribed. One of the challenges is conceptualization of social commerce due to various definitions made from researchers’ different perspectives and different positions on social commerce. This also led to the limitation of scope of research. In addition, there is still a need for identifying technological features and business goals for social commerce. Therefore, this research primarily encompasses establishing the concept of social commerce and identifying its implementation methods. To amount to those two primary goals, the research objectives are to understand the factors that affect social commerce implementation; to identify and investigate applicable Web 2.0 technologies that enable social commerce activities; and to investigate the business goals that can be achieved by social commerce implementation. Ultimately, the research aims to address methods of implementation. Consequently, the achievement of this research is that first, the concept of social commerce has been established by refining several definitions from the literature. Second, social commerce activities and business goals were identified and categorized based on the marketing funnel concept and the new customer life cycle model. Third, applicable Web 2.0 technologies were identified from the literature and other functionalities were also seized from real cases. Finally, the concept of social commerce has been demonstrated by implementing selected various commerce applications
title: Polycythaemia vera as a predisposing factor for systemic venous thrombosis
Creators: name: Fu, Chanel
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology
subject: Abdomen
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Spleen
subject: Stomach (incl. Oesophagus)
subject: Vascular
subject: CT
subject: Cancer
subject: Haematologic diseases
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Clinical Case

description: Clinical History: A 30-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of position-dependent bilateral visual blurring, visual field loss, headache, and papilledema. Prior CT and MRI brain scans were normal. Laboratory findings showed haemoglobin of 19 mmol/L and haematocrit of 0.489. The patient underwent CT head followed by CT chest, abdomen, and pelvis.

description: 30 years, male
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Beta Inhibition for Improved Endothelial Progenitor Cell Mediated Arterial Repair
Creators: name: Hibbert, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Endothelial progenitor cell
glycogen synthase kinase
atherosclerosis
coronary artery disease
diabetes mellitus

description: Increasingly, cell-based therapy with autologous progenitor populations, such as endothelial progenitor cells (EPC), are being utilized for treatment of vascular diseases. However, both the number and functional capacity are diminished when cells are derived from patients with established risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). Herein, we report that inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK) can improve both the number and function of endothelial progenitor cells in patients with CAD or diabetes mellitus (DM) leading to greater therapeutic benefit. Specifically, use of various small molecule inhibitors of GSK (GSKi) results in a 4-fold increased number of EPCs. Moreover, GSKi treatment improves the functional profile of EPCs through reductions in apoptosis, improvements in cell adhesion through up-regulation of very-late antigen-4 (VLA-4), and by increasing paracrine efficacy by increasing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)secretion. Therapeutic improvement was confirmed in vivo by increased reendothelialization(RE) and reductions of neointima (NI) formation achieved when GSKi-treated cells were administered following vascular injury to CD-1 nude mice. Because cell-based therapy is technically challenging, we also tested a strategy of local delivery of GSKi at the site of arterial injury through GSKi-eluting stents. In vitro, GSKi elution increased EPC attachment to stent struts. In vivo, GSKi-eluting stents deployed in rabbit carotid arteries resulted in systemic mobilization of EPCs, improved local RE, and important reductions in in-stent NI formation. Finally, we tested the ability of GSKi to improve EPC-mediated arterial repair in patients with DM. As in patients with CAD, GSKi treatment improved EPC yield and diminished in vitro apoptosis. Utilizing a proteomics approach, we identified Cathepsin B (catB) as a differentially regulated protein necessary for reductions in apoptosis. Indeed, antagonism of catB prevented GSKi improvements in GSKi treated EPC mediated arterial repair in a xenotransplant wire injury model. Thus, our data demonstrates that GSKi treatment results in improvements in EPC number and function in vitro and in vivo resulting in enhanced arterial repair following mechanical injury. Accordingly, GSK antagonism is an effective cell enhancement strategy for autologous cell-based therapy with EPCs from high risk patients such as CAD or DM.
Figure S3. from Genetic variation in the brooding brittle-star: a global hybrid polyploid complex?
Creators: name: Hugall, Andrew
name: Byrne, Maria
name: O'Hara, Timothy Damian
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310509
subject: Genomics

description: Bar charts of median and 50% distribu􀆟on range of (a) sequence variant richness and (b) sequence variant nucleo􀆟de diversity (π), from single-read dataset (360 exons) (Figure 4). Samples arranged by mito-group.
Resilience and Risk Among Maltreated Children in Out-of-Home Care
Creators: name: Bell, Tessa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Resilience
Child Welfare

description: Resilience is defined as positive adaptation and functioning following exposure to significant risk or adversity (e.g., maltreatment). It is an important topic of investigation in child welfare due to the number of children with such adverse life experiences. While the definition of positive adaptation varies in the literature, maltreatment researchers often define it in terms of the low frequency of behavioural problems, with the consideration that resilience in a child may be fluid across domains of functioning and/or across time. The current dissertation examined resilience among maltreated school-age children living in out-of-home care through three interrelated studies. The first examined multilevel correlates of behavioural resilience among a sample of 5 to 9 year old children living in out-of-home care. The second used developmental trajectory modeling to examine behavioural functioning across time among a sample of school-age children living in out-of-home care (with a particular focus on trajectories of resilience), and the third used semi-structured interviews to gain the often-neglected perspectives on resilience of child welfare workers. Findings across all three studies revealed several factors within various levels of the ecological model that contribute to resilience, including child internal developmental assets and relationships and social support. Furthermore, findings teased apart the distal impact of child welfare workers and agencies. The current dissertation contributes to the existing literature by informing researchers and professionals working within the child welfare sector about the factors that are important for promoting resilience among vulnerable children in out-of-home care with the aim of improving the well-being of this population.
Figure S2. from Genetic variation in the brooding brittle-star: a global hybrid polyploid complex?
Creators: name: Hugall, Andrew
name: Byrne, Maria
name: O'Hara, Timothy Damian
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310509
subject: Genomics

description: ASTRAL tree from 234 gene partition trees from the 252.2kb dataset. Node values show local posterior support less than 1.0.
« Ma dambura ne ment pas » : musique et identité chez les Hazāra d’Afghanistan
Creators: name: Poitras, Mathieu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Hazaras
Dambura
Musique
Identité
Mythologie nationale
Ethnicité

description: Cette thèse porte sur l’articulation entre la dambura et l’identité Hazāra contemporaine. La dambura est un instrument de musique traditionnel présent dans le centre et le nord de l’Afghanistan. Les Hazāra sont une minorité ethno-culturelle et religieuse d’Afghanistan touchée historiquement par une stigmatisation multiforme qui persiste toujours jusqu’à ce jour. Ils forment aujourd’hui une communauté transnationale aux multiples diasporas. Dans le cadre d’un éveil identitaire transnational contemporain, l’affirmation identitaire hazāra a enfin libre cours. La dambura devient alors le médium d'une poésie non seulement traditionnelle mais aussi engagée, exprimant un discours identitaire qui aura contribué à la consolidation d’une conscience ethno-nationale. En cernant les pratiques, les discours et les significations reliés à la dambura pour les musiciens et les non-musiciens hazāra, et en examinant ce que révèle le corpus poétique du répertoire musical à la dambura, nous voyons comment la dambura se trouve élevée au statut de symbole identitaire.
title: Model of Hot-Film Sensor with Substrate Effects
Creators: name: Judge, David McAlpine
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1987

description: A detailed mathematical model is constructed to investigate the frequency response of a hot-film anemometer system. Since several diverse factors affect the frequency response, the analysis is broken down into three main parts. Each part is a detailed mathematical model. The first model consists of the ordinary differential equations which govern the electronics of the feedback system and heat transfer of the sensor. An important simplification in this model is that the rate of heat conduction from the sensor to its substrate is constant.

In the second model the unsteady state heat transfer properties of the substrate are examined by numerically solving the appropriate partial differential equation. A two pole equivalent circuit is constructed from the results of the second model. A third model results from merging the first part with the equivalent circuit. In this model the rate of heat conduction from sensor to substrate is not assumed to be constant.
Showcasing the experience of practitioners with technology-enhanced teaching and learning
Creators: name: Naidu, Som
name: Cunnington, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article describes a research project that seeks to explore the experiences of faculty with technology-enhanced teaching and learning. A particular focus of this investigation is on how the use of information and communications technology is influencing teaching practices and students' approaches to learning at the University of Melbourne. This is a naturalistic inquiry into the experience base of faculty who have been engaged in technology-enhanced teaching and learning. Our goal is to look beyond the existing, often rather superficial, data and closely examine how information and communicationstechnology is influencing the nature of the teaching and learning transactions. We are interested in the 'untold' stories of academics. These stories and reflections of academics are archived on the following website.
Understanding success in Indigenous entrepreneurship: an exploratory investigation
Creators: name: Anderson, Robert B.
name: Giberson, Robert J.
name: Hindle, Kevin
name: Kayseas, Bobby
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In Canada there are numerous studies about indigenous Entrepreneurship, most descriptive with little theory development or testing. This leaves a gap in the information available to researchers, policy makers and practitioners. In this paper we describe a research program intended to address this gap beginning with the activities of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, considered an exemplar of successful indigenous entrepreneurship. From these activities, we draw propositions about indigenous entrepreneurship that are compatible with generic theory. Finally, we describe how we will move from these propositions to a model of indigenous entrepreneurship using grounded theory and structural equation modelling.
title: Establishing a Women's Literacy Support Group (A Post Literacy Approach): A Manual for Facilitators
Creators: name: Acharya, Sushan G
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Educational Methods

description: Chapter One of this manual provides a framework a self-support system and provides a rationale for establishing a Women's Literacy Support Group in Nepal. Chapter Two specifically explains how the support group meetings can be organized and how different types of learning modes/methods can be used in order to keep the group moving in the appropriate direction. The last section of Chapter Two proposes a format for evaluation. An ongoing evaluation is suggested in order to maintain the appropriateness of the support group meetings/activities. This manual is an attempt to introduce a pattern for a support group. This manual endeavors to provide alternative approach to women's literacy programs which must do more to enable women to move further from reading, writing and computation to the utilization of those skills for individual as well as community development.
title: Salut für Klaus Weise – Hüter der Geschichte und Vorreiter einer kritischen Seelenheilkunde!
Creators: name: Elgeti, Hermann
Publisher: name: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Bibliothek
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Sozialpsychiatrische Informationen, vol. 44, no. 2, p. 51
Parents and children active together: a randomized trial protocol examining motivational, regulatory, and habitual intervention approaches
Creators: name: Grant, Stina J
name: Beauchamp, Mark R. (Mark Robert), 1972-
name: Blanchard, Chris M.
name: Carson, Valerie
name: Gardner, Benjamin
name: Warburton, Darren E. R.
name: Rhodes, Ryan E.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Regular physical activity (PA) is associated with many health benefits during childhood, and tracks into desirable PA patterns and health profiles in adulthood. Interventions designed to support these behaviours among young children are critical. Family-based interventions focusing on parent-child activities together (i.e., co-activity) among preschool-aged children are warranted. Targeting parental support practices can increase the frequency of co-activity, however interventions must move beyond merely building intention and planning skills for successful maintenance. Interventions designed to increase co-activity habit strength may facilitate the sustainability and thus impact child PA. The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of three intervention conditions designed to increase child PA through co-activity: a standard education condition (information about benefits), a planning (action planning, coping planning) + education condition and a habit (context-dependent repetition from prompts and cues) + planning +education condition. Methods/design: A longitudinal three-arm parallel design randomized trial will compare three conditions over six months. Families are eligible if they have at least one child between 3y and 5y that is not meeting 60mins/day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). The primary outcome (child MVPA) is assessed via accelerometry at baseline, six weeks, three months and six months (primary endpoint). Intervention materials targeting co-activity are delivered post baseline assessment, with booster sessions at six weeks and three months. Parental co-activity habit, parent-child co-activity and other behavioural constructs are also assessed via questionnaire at all measurement occasions. As tertiary outcomes, parental PA is measured via accelerometry and co-activity is measured via a Bluetooth-enabled proximity feature. A total of 106 families have been recruited thus far from the Greater Victoria region. The study is ongoing with a minimum target of 150 families and an anticipated recruitment completion date of August 2022. Discussion: This protocol describes the implementation of a randomized trial evaluating the effectiveness of a habit formation group compared with a planning group and an education only group to increase child PA through targeting parent-child co-activity. This information could prove useful in informing public health initiatives to promote PA among families with preschool-aged children. Trial registration: This trial was prospectively registered on clinicaltrials.gov in February 2016, identifier NCT03055871 .
Development of the Maternal-fetal Relationship in Women Who Use Substances: Understanding the Influence of Intersecting Variables on Maternal-fetal Attachment and Health Behaviours
Creators: name: Foulkes, Michelle
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: maternal-fetal attachment
substance use
grounded theory
addictions

description: Healthy maternal–infant attachment is the foundation on which a child’s physical, cognitive, psychological, and emotional development rests. This relationship between the dyad does not begin at birth but rather prior to conception or any time throughout pregnancy. Our understanding of how this relationship develops between a mother and her fetus remains largely intangible for researchers and clinicians alike as it is a highly complex process with many variables influencing the evolving bond. Situated within a poststructural critical feminist framework, the purpose of this qualitative study using a grounded theory approach was to gain a better understanding of how women who use substances during pregnancy experience the process of a developing relationship with their fetuses, and to identify intersecting variables that may influence their health behaviours. Five main categories emerged including choosing the mothering path, balancing the risks, needing safe passage, breaking the cycle, and mothering against all odds. All of the women in the study described feeling an increase in maternal–fetal attachment as the pregnancy progressed and demonstrated efforts to reduce substance use, engage with the health care system, and improve dietary choices to limit negative consequences for their developing fetuses. Barriers to changing health behaviours were identified by the participants as well as by health care providers working with this population. In gaining a deeper understanding of the variables that influence maternal–fetal attachment in women who use substances and development of a substantive theory, nursing practice may be informed by providing direction around how best to support harm reduction approaches in this population.
title: Was bedeuten Inklusion und Sozialraumorientierung für die Sozialpsychiatrie?
Creators: name: Elgeti, Hermann
Publisher: name: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Bibliothek
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Sozialpsychiatrische Informationen, vol. 45, no. 2, p. 19
Development of disk-based baseband recorders and software correlators for radio astronomy
Creators: name: West, Craig J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis details work undertaken in the field of radio astronomy instrumentation. Specific components of the data collection and processing systems used by radio astronomers have been implemented using non-traditional approaches. Traditionally, the correlation of radio astronomy data has taken place on dedicated, specific hardware. This thesis deals with the implementation of equivalent correlators using software running on generic clusters of personal computers - the software approach to radio astronomy. Toward this end a system has been developed that records the raw telescope output onto computer hard drives, allowing easy access to the data on cluster supercomputers. Part of this thesis describes the design, construction, testing and utilisation of these data recording systems. The correlator software used to process these data on supercomputers is also fully described, including extensive tests of the software and a detailed comparison between its output and the output of an existing hardware correlator. The software correlator is shown to produce output that agrees extremely well with the hardware correlator, verifying its accuracy and performance. Finally, results of on-going scientific investigations that use the software correlators described in this thesis are outlined, illustrating the flexibility and usefulness of the software approach to radio astronomy.
La cohésion ethnique touarègue face aux forces centrifuges de la hiérarchie statutaire et des luttes pour la représentativité temacheq
Creators: name: Grimard, Rémi
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Groupe
Identité
Légitimité
Touareg
Hiérarchie
Nationalisme
Rébellion

description: Afin d’éviter de procéder à une analyse « groupiste », qui réifie la notion de groupe, cette recherche considère la cohésion d’un « groupe » ethnique comme étant contingente. Ainsi, les stratégies de construction du groupe, ou group-making strategies, des entrepreneurs ethnopolitiques y sont analysées tout en portant une attention majeure à l’influence et à la légitimité des institutions informelles dans la mobilisation identitaire. Prenant comme étude de cas les rébellions touarègues de 1990 et de 2012 au Mali, cette recherche analyse l'impact de la hiérarchie statutaire (parfois appelée « système de caste ») en plus des compétitions pour le leadership de la société temacheq sur la notion de nation touarègue. On y démontre que la hiérarchie statutaire structure en partie les champs du possible et oriente les individus vers des conceptions différentes de leur société et des rébellions. Dès lors, malgré les tentatives d’instaurer l'idée d'une nation unie où tous les membres de la communauté imaginée sont égaux, les divisons statutaires (entre « castes »), mais aussi entre clans touaregs finiront par reprendre le dessus autant en 1990 qu’en 2012. Après l'échec des rébellions, la hiérarchie statutaire sera certes fortement critiquée, délégitimée, mais les oppositions entre individus se réclamant de groupes statutaires (castes) et de clans différents demeureront fortes, rendant ainsi la mobilisation vers l’unification des Touaregs et l'indépendance d’autant plus ardue.
title: Ein mitmenschlicher Stützpunkt zwischen System und Lebenswelt: Persönlicher Rückblick auf die Geschichte der Sozialpsychiatrischen Poliklinik Hannover-List
Creators: name: Elgeti, Hermann
Publisher: name: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Bibliothek
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Sozialpsychiatrische Informationen, vol. 45, no. 4, p. 3
The associations between traffic-related air pollution and noise with blood pressure in children
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Straßenverkehr
Luftverunreinigung
Lärm
Blutdruck

description: Although traffic emits both air pollution and noise, studies jointly examining the effects of both of theseexposures on blood pressure (BP) in children are scarce. We investigated associations between land-useregression modeled long-term traffic-related air pollution and BP in 2368 children aged 10 years fromGermany (1454 from Munich and 914 from Wesel). We also studied this association with adjustmentof long-term noise exposure (defined as day-evening-night noise indicator "LdenŁ and night noise indi-cator "LnightŁ) in a subgroup of 605 children from Munich inner city. In the overall analysis including2368 children, NO2, PM2.5mass (particles with aerodynamic diameters below 2.5 m), PM10mass (par-ticles with aerodynamic diameters below 10 m) and PM2.5absorbance were not associated with BP.When restricting the analysis to the subgroup of children with noise information (N = 605), a significantassociation between NO2and diastolic BP was observed (-0.88 (95% confidence interval: -1.67, -0.08)).However, upon adjusting the models for noise exposure, only noise remained independently and signif-icantly positively associated with diastolic BP. Diastolic BP increased by 0.50 (-0.03, 1.02), 0.59 (0.05,1.13), 0.55 (0.03, 1.07), and 0.58 (0.05, 1.11) mmHg for every five decibel increase in Lden and by 0.59(-0.05, 1.22), 0.69 (0.04, 1.33), 0.64 (0.02, 1.27), and 0.68 (0.05, 1.32) mmHg for every five decibel increasein Lnight, in different models of NO2, PM2.5mass, PM10mass and PM2.5absorbance as the main exposure,respectively. In conclusion, air pollution was not consistently associated with BP with adjustment fornoise, noise was independently and positively associated with BP in children.© 2013 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved
Situated learning designs for professional development: fundamental principles and case studies
Creators: name: Naidu, Som
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper articulates and discusses fundamental principles of a model of learning and teaching that is particularly suited for professional development programs. These principles suggest that learning is most effective when learners are engaged in working on and solving real-world problems in a meaningful context and with the guidance of critical others; where their learning activities are clearly articulated and closely aligned with their learning outcomes; and where assessment of the learning outcomes is aimed at helping learners further develop their knowledge, skills and problem-solving abilities. Cases of several professional education programs that have utilized this model of learning and teaching are briefly described.
The Influence of Caribbean Historical Institutions on the Struggle for LGBTQ Equality
Creators: name: Dover, Cailey
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: LGBTQ equality
Guadeloupe
Jamaica
historical institutions

description: This thesis analyzes LGBTQ equality in the two Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Jamaica. The research answers the question: what key institutional factors can explain the variance in LGBTQ equality in Guadeloupe and Jamaica? I argue that variances in local LGBTQ equality between Guadeloupe and Jamaica can be explained by analyzing the different political, legal and socio-cultural historical institutions in these two islands. The central conclusion contends that historical institutions with a political or legal dimension have created significantly different levels of LGBTQ legal equality in Guadeloupe and Jamaica while socio-cultural historical institutions have helped to establish a similar level of LGBTQ equality in social and cultural realms. This thesis thus makes the case for using a historical institutionalist perspective to examine LGBTQ activism in the Caribbean.
Mothers of Invention: Commercial Content on Mother Blogs and Perceptions of Credibility - A Pilot Study
Creators: name: Horrall, Caitlin L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Information science

description: The popularity of mother blogs is increasingly attracting sponsors looking to market their products to mother blog audiences. This combination of commercial and informational content calls on readers and writers to distinguish between informational content and commercial activity. This thesis examines how mother bloggers integrate sponsored content into their blogs and how both writers and readers interpret the credibility of these posts. The study takes place within a conceptual framework of source and message credibility. Using a qualitative and interpretive approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with readers and writers. Although the results are not generalizable, they suggest determining the credibility of these posts is a social process, informed by participants’ existing knowledge and framed within the community of mother bloggers. The results add to our understanding of credibility perceptions when commercial and informational content comingle and have implications for other online communities that require ongoing information evaluation.
Hollow Fiber Ultrafiltration of Ottawa River Water: Impact of Different Pre-treatment Schemes
Creators: name: Walker, Steven
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Membrane Filtration
Ultrafiltration
Membrane Fouling
Water Treatment

description: To minimize membrane fouling many water treatment plants pre-treat water prior to microfiltration (MF) or ultrafiltration (UF). Coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation is a common form of pre-treatment, but little research has been conducted on floatation as a part of the pre-treatment. The objective of this thesis is to compare pre-treatment with floatation and with sedimentation for Ottawa River water, a typical Northern Canadian water with a high natural organic matter (NOM) content and a large hydrophobic (HPO) NOM fraction. Fouling tests consisted of multiple filtration/backwashing cycles performed by an automated bench-scale UF hollow fiber membrane system. Test were conducted with Ottawa River water (ORW) and ORW subjected to three different types of pre-treatment conducted at closely-located full-scale water treatment plants, including one using floatation. Both Alum pre-treatments resulted in decreases in NOM (63% and 68% TOC) and HPO NOM (56% and 68%TOC) which helped to reduce fouling. However, the remaining NOM and HPO NOM still caused significant hydraulically and chemical irreversible fouling. The water pre-treated with floatation produced the least severe hydraulically irreversible fouling for all experiments while Raw ORW produced the highest. During the early stages of membrane filtration (~10 hours), the TMP sharply increases which may imply that adsorption is dominant. Statistical analysis during the initial stages of filtration showed that the HPO fraction of NOM was linked to hydraulically irreversible fouling, which may be attributed to adsorption. Raw ORW also had the highest hydraulically reversible fouling while all pre-treatments were able to reduce this type of fouling. Statistical analysis suggested that the transphilic (TPI) fraction of NOM and particulate organic carbon (POC) were responsible for hydraulically reversible fouling during subcritical flux experiments, which may be attributed to cake formation on the membrane surface. It was found that for all waters and experiments, hydraulically irreversible fouling was greater than hydraulically reversible fouling. This may be because of the high HPO concentrations in the ORW. Hydraulically reversible fouling and backwash efficiencies were found to fluctuate with time. It is hypothesised that the cake formation adheres to the membrane surface and is not fully removed until enough backwash pressure has developed. Further investigation into alternative cleaning procedures is required as the NaOH cleaning was not very effective for some of the pre-treated waters.
Supplementary document for Ultrafast-laser-absorption spectroscopy in the mid-infrared for single-shot, calibration-free temperature and species measurements in low- and high-pressure combustion gases - 5409380.pdf
Creators: name: Tancin, Ryan
name: Goldenstein, Christopher
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document containing key considerations for acquiring ULAS measurements.
The association between road traffic noise exposure and blood pressure among children in Germany
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Blutdruck
Straßenverkehrslärm

description: Studies examining the association between road traffic noise and blood pressure in children are scarce. Nighttime noise levels and window orientations have not been considered in most previous studies. Investigate the association between road traffic noise exposure and blood pressure among children, and investigate the impact of bedroom window direction on this association. We measured blood pressure in 605 children aged 10 years from two Munich cohorts. Demographic and health information was collected by parent completed questionnaires. Road traffic noise levels were assessed by day-evening-night noise indicator "Lden" and night noise indicator "Lnight". Minimum and maximum levels within a 50 m buffer around child's home address were derived. Generalized additive models were applied to explore effect of noise levels on systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP). The orientation of child's bedroom window was considered in sensitivity analyses. DBP was significantly associated with the minimum level of noise during 24 h (Lden_min) and nightime (Lnight_min). Specifically, DBP increased by 0.67 and 0.89 mmHg for every 5 A-weighted decibels increase in Lden_min and Lnight_min. After adjusting for Lden_min (Lnight_min), DBP of children whose bedroom window faced the street was 1.37 (1.28) mmHg higher than those whose bedroom window did not, these children showed statistically significant increased SBP for Lden_min (3.05 mmHg) and Lnight_min (3.27 mmHg) compared to children whose bedroom window did not face the street. Higher minimum levels of weighted day-evening-night noise and nighttime noise around the home residence may increase a child's blood pressure.
Quelle: http://www.noiseandhealth.org