Take a look at some of the most popular collections across Scholars Portal services in 2023:

Top 5 most popular e-books of 2023

1. Ede, A., & Cormack, L. B. (2022). A history of science in society: from philosophy to utility. University of Toronto Press.
   
2. Sutton, M. Q. (2022). A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. Routledge.
   
3. Monchalin, L. (2016). The colonial problem: an Indigenous perspective on crime and injustice in Canada. University of Toronto [Ontario] Press.
   
4. Kovach, M. (2021). Indigenous methodologies: characteristics, conversations, and contexts. University of Toronto Press.
   
5. Crawford, M. H., & Whitehead, D. (1983). Archaic and Classical Greece: a selection of ancient sources in translation. Cambridge University Press.
   

Top 5 most popular journal articles of 2023

1. Shams, T. (2015). Bangladeshi Muslims in Mississippi: Impression management based on the intersectionality of religion, ethnicity, and gender. Cultural Dynamics, 27(3), 379–397.
   The existing literature on Muslims in post-9/11 America largely focuses on cities where Muslims are organized and visible in large numbers. This interview-based qualitative study instead focuses on Bangladeshi Muslims in Mississippi. Using intersectionality and impression management as analytical tools, I explore how these individuals negotiate their identities to navigate interactions with Mississippi’s predominantly White Christian society. I identify three patterns of impression management: distancing religious identity, highlighting ethnicity, and confronting stereotypes. These patterns provide insight into the conceptual tools used, as well as the overarching racial dynamics in America.
2. Tuck, E., & Yang, K. W. (2012). Decolonization is not a metaphor.Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 1(1), 1-40.
   Our goal in this article is to remind readers what is unsettling about decolonization. Decolonization brings about the repatriation of Indigenous land and life; it is not a metaphor for other things we want to do to improve our societies and schools. The easy adoption of decolonizing discourse by educational advocacy and scholarship, evidenced by the increasing number of calls to “decolonize our schools,” or use “decolonizing methods,” or, “decolonize student thinking”, turns decolonization into a metaphor. As important as their goals may be, social justice, critical methodologies, or approaches that decenter settler perspectives have objectives that may be incommensurable with decolonization. Because settler colonialism is built upon an entangled triad structure of settler-native-slave, the decolonial desires of white, non-white, immigrant, postcolonial, and oppressed people, can similarly be entangled in resettlement, reoccupation, and reinhabitation that actually further settler colonialism. The metaphorization of decolonization makes possible a set of evasions, or “settler moves to innocence”, that problematically attempt to reconcile settler guilt and complicity, and rescue settler futurity. In this article, we analyze multiple settler moves towards innocence in order to forward “an ethic of incommensurability” that recognizes what is distinct and what is sovereign for project(s) of decolonization in relation to human and civil rights based social justice projects. We also point to unsettling themes within transnational/Third World decolonizations, abolition, and critical space-place pedagogies, which challenge the coalescence of social justice endeavors, making room for more meaningful potential alliances.
3. Perot, G., & Guisnet, M. (1990). Advantages and disadvantages of zeolites as catalysts in organic chemistry. Journal of Molecular Catalysis, 61(2), 173–196.
   Like conventional solid catalysts, zeolites offer numerous advantages over liquid catalysts: less or no corrosion, no waste or disposal problems, high thermostability, easy set up of continuous processes, etc. Zeolites also have definite advantages and some disadvantages over conventional solid catalysts in a certain number of applications. Both are discussed in terms of the adjustment of the acidity and basicity, structural effects, concentration and adsorption effects, coke formation and deactivation.

   Actually, the main advantages of zeolites over conventional catalysts are due to the great acid strength they can have and to their great adaptability to practically all types of catalysis. Numerous potential applications of zeolites have been found in the synthesis of chemicals. The main limitations are (i) the great sensitivity of zeolites to deactivation by irreversible adsorption or steric blockage of heavy secondary products and (ii) the impossibility of using their microporosity for the synthesis of bulky molecules. Because of the greater polarity of functional compounds, it is more difficult to exploit the shape selectivity of zeolites for their reactions than in the case of hydrocarbons
4. Pronger, B. (1995). Rendering the Body: The Implicit Lessons of Gross Anatomy. Quest, 47(4), 427–446.
   This paper explores the role played by gross anatomy courses in university physical education curricula in developing objectifying attitudes toward the body in professional physical education practices. Calling on postmodern analyses of the politics of knowledge and the production of bodies, it is argued that students’ experiences of the gross anatomy laboratory is actually an educational rite of passage in coming to see the body as a mechanical object, a useful resource in the production of physical capital. This professional attitude toward the body contributes to the abuse of the body in consumer culture, high performance sport, and the production of gendered bodies.

5. Roses, A. D. (2000). Genetic susceptibility to cardiovascular diseases. American Heart Journal, 140(4), S45–S47.

Top 10 most popular research datasets of 2023

1. Toronto emotional speech set (TESS) 
   These stimuli were modeled on the Northwestern University Auditory Test No. 6 (NU-6; Tillman & Carhart, 1966). A set of 200 target words were spoken in the carrier phrase “Say the word _____’ by two actresses (aged 26 and 64 years) and recordings were made of the set portraying each of seven emotions (anger, disgust, fear, happiness, pleasant surprise, sadness, and neutral). There are 2800 stimuli in total. Two actresses were recruited from the Toronto area. Both actresses speak English as their first language, are university educated, and have musical training. Audiometric testing indicated that both actresses have thresholds within the normal range.
   
2. Subsamples of ALUS Southern Ontario Insects 
   Insect biodiversity is a key indicator for ecological well-being when measuring the success of restorative efforts. Malaise insect traps from 32 different restoration, conservation, and high impact farming sites across southern Ontario, Canada have been used to collect 1.4 million individuals. Here we include 505 images (434 sorted, 71 mixed) of approximately 20 individuals per image as a machine learning dataset. We also include a subset of these datasets containing extracted individuals (11,387 sorted, 1,772 mixed). Images were captured using a high resolution camera on a backlit background.
   
3. CapnoBase IEEE TBME Respiratory Rate Benchmark
   The CapnoBase TBME RR benchmark dataset contains 42 cases of 8-min recordings. In addition to the CO2 waveforms (capnograms), these cases have also the Photoplethysmogram (PPG) from pulse oximetry available. Labels from an expert are available for pulse peaks from PPG and breaths from CO2. Also, the benchmark contains the results from the Karlen et al. IEEE TBME paper on multi-parameter RR calculation. This can be used to directly compare algorithm performances. The benchmark dataset is used by researchers to test and compare algorithms.
   
4. AVCAffe: A Large Scale Audio-Visual Dataset of Cognitive Load and Affect for Remote Work
   We introduce AVCAffe, the first Audio-Visual dataset consisting of Cognitive load and Affect attributes. We record AVCAffe by simulating remote work scenarios over a video-conferencing platform, where subjects collaborate to complete a number of cognitively engaging tasks. AVCAffe is the largest originally collected (not collected from the Internet) affective dataset in English language. We recruit 106 participants from 18 different countries of origin, spanning an age range of 18 to 57 years old, with a balanced male-female ratio. AVCAffe comprises a total of 108 hours of video, equivalent to more than 58,000 clips along with task-based self-reported ground truth labels for arousal, valence, and cognitive load attributes such as mental demand, temporal demand, effort, and a few others.
5. Normal Retinal OCT images
   Fovea-centered OCT images of adult healthy retina.
6. Image dataset of various soil types in an urban city 
   This dataset contains images of various types of soils and was used for the project “An assistive system for walking in urban areas”. The images were taken using a smartphone camera in a vertical orientation and are high-quality.
   
7. Replication Data for: Improving Objective Wound Assessment: “Fully-automated wound tissue segmentation using Deep Learning on mobile devices” 
   Objective: To measure inter-and intra-rater variability in manual tissue segmentation and quantification among a cohort of wound care clinicians. To determine if an objective assessment of tissue types (i.e., size, amount) can be achieved using a deep convolutional neural network that predicts wound tissue types. The proposed objective measurement by machine learning model’s performance is reported in terms of mean intersection over union (mIOU) between model prediction and the ground truth labels. Finally, to compare the performance of the model wound tissue identification by a cohort of wound care clinicians.
   
8. CapnoBase InVivo Dataset 
   The in-vivo dataset contains capnography signals that were recorded during real clinical cases. Information that could possibly identify the source of the data has been removed.
   
9. MoVi: A Large Multipurpose Motion and Video Dataset 
   MoVi is the first human motion dataset to contain synchronized pose, pose-dependent shape and video recordings. The MoVi database can be applied in human pose estimation and tracking, human motion prediction and synthesis, action recognition and gait analysis.
   
10. Diabetic Retinopathy Retinal OCT Images  
    Fovea-centered OCT images of adult retina diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy.
    

Top 10 most popular surveys of 2023

1. Canadian Community Health Survey, 2017-2018: Annual Component
   In 1991, the National Task Force on Health Information cited a number of issues and problems with the health information system. To respond to these issues, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Statistics Canada and Health Canada joined forces to create a Health Information Roadmap. From this mandate, the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) was conceived. The CCHS is a cross-sectional survey that collects information related to health status, health care utilization and health determinants for the Canadian population. The survey is offered in both official languages. It relies upon a large sample of respondents and is designed to provide reliable estimates at the health region level every 2 years.
2. Canadian Community Health Survey, 2015-2016: Annual Component
   In 1991, the National Task Force on Health Information cited a number of issues and problems with the health information system. To respond to these issues, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Statistics Canada and Health Canada joined forces to create a Health Information Roadmap. From this mandate, the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) was conceived. The CCHS is a cross-sectional survey that collects information related to health status, health care utilization and health determinants for the Canadian population. The survey is offered in both official languages. It relies upon a large sample of respondents and is designed to provide reliable estimates at the health region level every 2 years.
3. Labour Force Survey, October 2022 [Canada]
   The Labour Force Survey was developed following the Second World War to satisfy a need for reliable and timely data on the labour market. Information was urgently required on the massive labour market changes involved in the transition from a war-time to a peace-time economy. The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment which are among the most timely and important measures of performance of the Canadian economy.
4. 2016 Census of Population [Canada] Public Use Microdata File (PUMF): Individuals File
   The 2016 Census public use microdata file (PUMF) on individuals contains 930,421 records, representing 2.7% of the Canadian population. These records were drawn from a sample of one quarter of the Canadian population (sample data from questionnaire 2A-L). The 2016 PUMF contains 123 variables. Of these, 92 variables, or 75%, come from the individual universe and 31 variables, or 25%, are drawn from the family, household and dwelling universes. In addition, the file contains a unique record identifier (ID), an individual weighting factor and 16 replicate weights for the purpose of estimating sampling variability.
5. Labour Force Survey, August 2023 [Canada]
   The Labour Force Survey was developed following the Second World War to satisfy a need for reliable and timely data on the labour market. Information was urgently required on the massive labour market changes involved in the transition from a war-time to a peace-time economy. The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment which are among the most timely and important measures of performance of the Canadian economy.
6. Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2011 [Canada]: Person File
   The Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) complements traditional survey data on labour market activity and income with an additional dimension: the changes experienced by individuals over time. At the heart of the survey’s objectives is the understanding of the economic well-being of Canadians: what economic shifts do individuals and families live through, and how does it vary with changes in their paid work, family make-up, receipt of government transfers or other factors? SLID was the first Canadian household survey to provide national data on the fluctuations in income that a typical family or individual experiences over time which gives greater insight on the nature and extent of low income in Canada. SLID is the primary Canadian source for income data and provides additional content to data collected by the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
7. Canadian Election Study, 2019, Online Survey
   The 2019 Canadian Election Study was conducted to gather the attitudes and opinions of Canadians during and after the 2019 federal election. It continues the tradition of Canadian Election Studies started in 1965. There are 2 data files for the 2019 CES – online survey and phone survey.
8. Labour Force Survey, December 2022 [Canada]
   The Labour Force Survey was developed following the Second World War to satisfy a need for reliable and timely data on the labour market. Information was urgently required on the massive labour market changes involved in the transition from a war-time to a peace-time economy. The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment which are among the most timely and important measures of performance of the Canadian economy.
9. Labour Force Survey, June 2023 [Canada]
   The Labour Force Survey was developed following the Second World War to satisfy a need for reliable and timely data on the labour market. Information was urgently required on the massive labour market changes involved in the transition from a war-time to a peace-time economy. The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment which are among the most timely and important measures of performance of the Canadian economy.
10. Canadian Community Health Survey, 2012: Annual Component
    The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) is a cross-sectional survey that collects information related to health status, health care utilization and health determinants for the Canadian population. It surveys a large sample of respondents and is designed to provide reliable estimates at the health region level. In 2007, major changes were made to the CCHS design. Data is now collected on an ongoing basis with annual releases, rather than every two years as was the case prior to 2007.

Top 10 most popular geospatial datasets of 2023

1. Historical Topographic Maps: 1:63,360 Index – (Geographical Section, Department of National Defence)
   This topographic map index is a finding aid for Ontario sheets of the 1:63,360 series of Historical Topographic Maps of Canada. This series was produced between 1906 and 1953, and includes nearly 500 individual topographic map sheets for the Province of Ontario. Maps cover mostly populated and border regions, and show both natural and man-made features such as relief, spot heights, administrative boundaries, roads, railways, trails, waterways, bridges, buildings, mills, power lines, terrain, and land formations.
2. Historical Topographic Maps 1:25,000 Index – (Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources)
   This topographic map index is a finding aid for Ontario sheets of the 1:25,000 series of Historical Topographic Maps of Canada. This series was produced between 1956 and 1977, and includes over 600 individual topographic map sheets for the Province of Ontario. Maps cover mostly populated and border regions, and show both natural and man-made features such as relief, spot heights, administrative boundaries, roads, railways, trails, waterways, bridges, buildings, mills, power lines, terrain, and land formations.
3. Historical Topographic Maps: 1:50,000 Index – (National Resources Canada (NRCan) / Ministère des Ressources naturelles Canada (RNCan))
   This topographic map index is a finding aid for map sheets of the 1:50,000 series of the National Topographic System (NTS) Historical Topographic Maps of Canada. Production on this series began in 1950 and continues today. This digitized collection includes over 2700 individual topographic map sheets for the Province of Ontario produced between 1950 and 2011, and over 2000 individual, 1st edition topographic maps for urban areas across Canada. Maps cover mostly populated and border regions, and show both natural and man-made features such as relief, spot heights, administrative boundaries, secondary and side roads, railways, trails, wooded areas, waterways including lakes, rivers, streams and rapids, bridges, buildings, mills, power lines, terrain, and land formations.
4. Boundary Files, 1931 Census of Canada – (Canadian Century Research Infrastructure)
   This data set reconstructs the census compilation and dissemination geography of the 1931 Canadian Census at the census division (CD) and census subdivision (CSD) level of geography. The shapefiles (.shp) were derived from a comprehensive geodatabase, as part of the Canadian Century Research Infrastructure (CCRI). Detailed water polygons were replaced with a selection of major lakes in this version, indicated with the abbreviation MW in the file name, which stands for ‘major water’. These data are a part of a geographical framework constructed to enable the location, selection, aggregation, and analysis of census data, for census enumerations between 1911 and 1951.
5. Road Network File (RNF), 2016 Census – (Statistics Canada)
   The Road Network File is a digital representation of Canada’s national road network, containing information such as major roads, street names, types, directions and address ranges. Address ranges are dwelling-based and occur mainly in large urban centres of Canada. The 2011 Census Road Network File also includes the unique identifier, name and type for each side of a street arc (where applicable) for the following geographic levels: provinces and territories, census subdivisions, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations. In the 2016 Census Road Network File, streets are ranked according to five levels of detail, suitable for mapping at small to medium scales.
6. Agricultural Resource Inventory (ARI) Final – (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs)
   The Agricultural Resource Inventory (ARI) – Final includes agricultural operations polygons created for project areas across Ontario. These have been digitized against ortho imagery. The descriptions of these polygons include: Farms, Fields, Fencecrows and Roughland.
7. Built-Up Area – (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
   This data set can be used to identify built-up areas, which consist of anthropogenic land cover features, ranging from small hamlets at rural cross roads to large cities. An area is considered Built-Up when linear frequencies of structures are above 10 per 500 metres or 4 per 1 hectare, as defined in the Southern Ontario Land Resource Information System (SOLRIS) editing standards. This class does not represent the intended land-use extent as typically outlined in operational plans or zoning permits, but instead delineates features that meet the aforementioned building density. Areas within a Built-Up feature are further defined as either pervious or impervious.
8. Boundary Files, 1931 Census of Canada – (Canadian Century Research Infrastructure)
   This data set reconstructs the census compilation and dissemination geography of the 1931 Canadian Census at the census division (CD) and census subdivision (CSD) level of geography. The shapefiles (.shp) were derived from a comprehensive geodatabase, as part of the Canadian Century Research Infrastructure (CCRI). Detailed water polygons were replaced with a selection of major lakes in this version, indicated with the abbreviation MW in the file name, which stands for ‘major water’. These data are a part of a geographical framework constructed to enable the location, selection, aggregation, and analysis of census data, for census enumerations between 1911 and 1951.
9. Wooded Area – (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
   Wooded Area polygons represent the boundaries of woodlands (forests, woodlots, hedgerows, and plantations) in Southern Ontario. The woodland dataset is one of numerous products derived through the implementation of the SOLRIS project. The methodology used in SOLRIS Phase 1 involves updating the NRVIS wooded area (WOODAREA concrete class) data through the interpretation of remotely sensed data including orthophotography, Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) and colour infrared aerial photography.
10. Great Lakes Bathymetry – (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA))
    The Great Lakes Bathymetry series has been compiled as a component of a NOAA project to rescue Great Lakes lake floor geological and geophysical data and make it more accessible to the public. This bathymetry of the Great Lakes including Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Saint Clair, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan provides a detailed look at the lake floor topography and serves as a GIS base layer for many applications. This project is a cooperative effort between investigators at the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center’s Marine Geology and Geophysics Division (NGDC/MGG), the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) and the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS). Bathymetric data have been collected from the Great Lakes in support of nautical charting for at least 150 years by the US Army Corp. of Engineers (before 1970), the NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) (after 1970), and the Canadian Hydrographic Service.