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University of Victoria

EducationVictoria, British Columbia, Canada
About: University of Victoria is a education organization based out in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Galaxy. The organization has 14994 authors who have published 41051 publications receiving 1447972 citations. The organization is also known as: Victoria College.


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01 Apr 2007-Energy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on some progress in both fundamental modelling of these phenomena, as well as in the development of integrated, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based models for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells.

232 citations

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01 Jun 2009
TL;DR: It is found that Slashdot users develop deep networks at lower levels of participation indicating value from closure and that participation intensity helps increase the returns.
Abstract: In a Web 2.0 environment, the online community is fundamental to the business model, and participants in the online community are often motivated and rewarded by abstract concepts of social capital. How networks of relationships in online communities are structured has important implications for how social capital may be generated, which is critical to both attract and govern the necessary user base to sustain the site. We examine a popular website, Slashdot, which uses a system by which users can declare relationships with other users, and also has an embedded reputation system to rank users called 'Karma'. We test the relationship between user's Karma level and the social network structure, measured by structural holes, to evaluate the brokerage and closure theories of social capital development. We find that Slashdot users develop deep networks at lower levels of participation indicating value from closure and that participation intensity helps increase the returns. We conclude with some comments on mechanism design which would exploit these findings to optimize the social networks and potentially increase the opportunities for monetization.

232 citations

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TL;DR: It is shown that ADN could pass through the blood–brain barrier, and elevating its levels in the brain increased cell proliferation and decreased depression-like behaviors and the possibility that adiponectin and its agonists may represent a promising therapeutic treatment for depression is raised.
Abstract: Adiponectin (ADN) is an adipocyte-secreted protein with insulin-sensitizing, antidiabetic, antiinflammatory, and antiatherogenic properties. Evidence is also accumulating that ADN has neuroprotective activities, yet the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Here we show that ADN could pass through the blood–brain barrier, and elevating its levels in the brain increased cell proliferation and decreased depression-like behaviors. ADN deficiency did not reduce the basal hippocampal neurogenesis or neuronal differentiation but diminished the effectiveness of exercise in increasing hippocampal neurogenesis. Furthermore, exercise-induced reduction in depression-like behaviors was abrogated in ADN-deficient mice, and this impairment in ADN-deficient mice was accompanied by defective running-induced phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in the hippocampal tissue. In vitro analyses indicated that ADN itself could increase cell proliferation of both hippocampal progenitor cells and Neuro2a neuroblastoma cells. The neurogenic effects of ADN were mediated by the ADN receptor 1 (ADNR1), because siRNA targeting ADNR1, but not ADNR2, inhibited the capacity of ADN to enhance cell proliferation. These data suggest that adiponectin may play a significant role in mediating the effects of exercise on hippocampal neurogenesis and depression, possibly by activation of the ADNR1/AMPK signaling pathways, and also raise the possibility that adiponectin and its agonists may represent a promising therapeutic treatment for depression.

232 citations

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TL;DR: This study asked 45 undergraduates to work at remembering three school-related childhood events and found the rate of false-memory reports in the photo condition was substantially higher than the rate in any previously published study.
Abstract: Some trauma-memory-oriented psychotherapists advise clients to review old family photo albums to cue suspected “repressed” memories of childhood sexual abuse. Old photos might cue long-forgotten memories, but when combined with other suggestive influences they might also contribute to false memories. We asked 45 undergraduates to work at remembering three school-related childhood events (two true events provided by parents and one pseudoevent). By random assignment, 23 subjects were also given their school classes' group photos from the years of the to-be-recalled events as memory cues. As predicted, the rate of false-memory reports was dramatically higher in the photo condition than in the no-photo condition. Indeed, the rate of false-memory reports in the photo condition was substantially higher than the rate in any previously published study.

232 citations

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TL;DR: The present methodology is shown to provide a useful approach to solve the local fractional nonlinear partial differential equations (LFNPDEs) in mathematical physics.
Abstract: In this paper, a family of local fractional two-dimensional Burgers-type equations (2DBEs) is investigated. The local fractional Riccati differential equation method is proposed here for the first time. The travelling wave transformation of the non-differentiable type is presented. The non-differentiable exact travelling wave solutions for the problems are obtained. The present methodology is shown to provide a useful approach to solve the local fractional nonlinear partial differential equations (LFNPDEs) in mathematical physics.

232 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Jie Zhang1784857221720
D. M. Strom1763167194314
Sw. Banerjee1461906124364
Robert J. Glynn14674888387
Manel Esteller14671396429
R. Kowalewski1431815135517
Paul Jackson141137293464
Mingshui Chen1411543125369
Ali Khademhosseini14088776430
Roger Jones138998114061
Tord Ekelof137121291105
L. Köpke13695081787
M. Morii1341664102074
Arnaud Ferrari134139287052
Richard Brenner133110887426
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202379
2022348
20212,108
20202,200
20192,212
20181,926