Chronic health conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes are on the rise in Canada, and particularly in Nova Scotia. Lifestyle-related factors including stress level, exercise, and a healthy diet are ...

The critical role of the fibrinolytic system is the maintenance of vascular patency. Dysregulation ultimately leads to death; an inappropriate activation that causes excessive bleeding, or an inability to clear blood clots, ...

In this thesis, the spectral behavior of the fundamental and sum-frequency waves, generated from the surface of a thin metal film in the Kretschmann configuration, is theoretically studied with coherent ultrashort pulses. ...

The authors investigate the effect of elastic scattering of electrons on the properties of plasmons in a disordered, two-component, quasi-two-dimensional electron gas. Numerical results are given for dispersion relations ...

The health impacts of plastic pollution are critical issues to be addressed in Nigeria and globally. It is speculated that the engagement of youth in tackling plastic pollution will prove effective. Youth, who represent a ...

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This thesis mobilizes theories of play and care as methods of reimagining the childless city. Everyday existing elements in South Parkdale, Toronto (a streetcar, a brick wall, and an adjacent parking lot) are reimagined ...