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EFFECTS OF PROTAMINE ON PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA CELL ENVELOPE COMPONENTS: SURFACE REMODELLING
(2010-08-24)The main objective of the study was to understand the mode of interaction of protamine (Ptm), a cationic antibacterial peptide from fish milt on the Gram negative bacterial envelope. The present study was designed to resolve ... -
Creation and evaluation of a web-based learning and discussion tool for elementary school teachers of students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Nova Scotia
(2010-08-24)ADHD is one of the most common childhood psychiatric disorders, with symptoms that are frequently displayed in the school environment. Past studies have measured teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours towards ADHD, ... -
Regulation of Pancreatic Beta Cell Mass and Function by Proghrelin Derived Peptides
(2010-08-24)Proghrelin produces three proghrelin derived peptides (PGDP) known for their roles in glucose homeostasis: acylated ghrelin (AG), unacylated ghrelin (UAG), and obestatin (Ob). Only the receptor for AG, growth hormone ... -
Urine Proteomics for the Purpose of Biomarker Discovery
(2010-08-24)Body fluids have gained widespread importance for proteomics based biomarker discovery as they have proved to reveal many candidate biomarkers for a variety of physiological diseases. Urine is a particularly favourable ... -
An Investigation of a Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm applied to Encrypted Traffic Identification
(2010-08-24)This work explores the use of a Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA) for both, feature selection and cluster count optimization, for an unsupervised machine learning technique, K-Means, applied to encrypted traffic ... -
Envisioning Pathways to Community Health Through the Eyes of North End Haligonians
(2010-08-25)There are many populations poorly served by the current Canadian approach to health and illness care. These populations include members of ethnic minority groups, those with poor socio-economic status, those who are homeless, ... -
THE SYNAPTIC CIRCUITS UNDERLYING OLFACTORY PROCESSING AND REPRESENTATIONS IN THE INSECT BRAIN: CHARACTERIZATION AND PLASTICITY OF THE MUSHROOM BODY CALYX
(2010-08-25)Sensory information is processed and encoded by neural networks. In order to understand how the nervous system is able to rapidly integrate and store sensory information, knowledge of the connections and properties of the ... -
Improving Statistical Downscaling of General Circulation Models
(2010-08-25)Credible projections of future local climate change are in demand. One way to accomplish this is to statistically downscale General Circulation Models (GCM’s). A new method for statistical downscaling is proposed in which ... -
Forecast new home sales and prices: a case study for the United States
(2010-08-25)A nation’s housing sector has been the cornerstone of economic activity over the past several years. Right now, the economy of the United States is in a recession. To recover the economy, activity in the U.S. housing market ... -
Analysis of Functional Constraint and Recombination in Gene Sequences of the Cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus
(2010-08-25)Lineages of the cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus marinus have diverged into two genetically distinct ‘ecotypes,’ high-light adapted (HL) and low-light adapted (LL), which thrive under different environmental conditions. ... -
Canadian Maritime Security in an Era of Climate Change: The Away Game
(2010-08-27)Beyond possible sovereignty disputes resulting from melting Arctic ice, very little is said or written about the maritime security implications of climate change. What does climate change mean for Canadian maritime security, ... -
GENOMIC IMPRINTING IN Drosophila melanogaster: EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF THE Dp(1;f)LJ9 IMPRINTED DOMAIN
(2010-08-30)Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon whereby the expression of a gene, chromosomal region, or entire chromosome, depends on the sex of the transmitting parent. Imprinting results in an otherwise fully functional ... -
L'Acadie Trouvée: Mapping, Geographic Knowledge, and Imagining Northeastern North America, 1710-1763
(2010-08-30)From the British capture of Port Royal in 1710 to the end of the Seven Years’ War, imperial borders in northeastern North America were highly uncertain and vigorously contested. The British “conquest” of Acadia was not ... -
Language, Translation, and the Inscription of the Female Body in the Works of Margaret Atwood
(2010-08-30)In The Handmaid’s Tale, Bodily Harm, and Alias Grace, Atwood demonstrates that the connection between language, translation, and the female body is evident in the ways in which language is used to control the female body. ... -
BIOACTIVE FATTY ACID SUPPLEMENTATION AND RISK FACTORS FOR THE METABOLIC SYNDROME
(2010-08-30)Diet plays an important role in the development of chronic metabolic diseases (diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease) and as dietary fat consumption has increased, so has the incidence of these disorders. Metabolic ... -
"Playthings in the Margins of Literature": Cultural Critique and Rewriting Ideologies in Supernatural and Star Wars Fanfiction
(2010-08-31)Building on the questions of gender and sexuality proposed by the ethnographic analyses of first wave fanfiction criticism, I identify the ways in which fanfiction may function as a feminist response to the mainstream ... -
THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANELLE GENOME ARCHITECTURE
(2010-08-31)Genomic sequence data from the three domains of life have revealed a remarkable diversity of genome architectures. The relative contributions of adaptive versus non-adaptive processes in shaping this diversity are poorly ... -
Are there anisotropies in covert and overt visual orienting?
(2010-09-01)Two recent studies suggest that Inhibition of Return (IOR) varies in magnitude as a function of target location for overt orienting tasks but not covert orienting tasks. Unfortunately, methodological differences between ... -
Habitable Cities: Modernism, Urban Space, and Everyday Life
(2010-09-01)The “Unreal City” of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land looms large over the landscape of critical inquiry into the metropolitan character of Anglo-American modernism. Characterized by the disorienting speed and chaos of modern ... -
Undue Confusion: The Problem of Inducements to Participate in Clinical Research Trials
(2010-09-01)There is concern that the use of financial incentives might exert an undue influence on potential research participants; unable to resist the lure of a large financial incentive, an individual might enroll in a trial against ...