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A Line in the Sand: A Sustainable Hydrological System for the Sahara Desert
Water scarcity is a concern in the Sahara Desert, which has been amplified by climate change and, combined with ever-expanding agriculture, has caused an unprecedented rate of desertification. The region cannot strain water ... -
STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS OF STRETCHED COLLAGEN FIBRILS
Collagen fibril are the smallest repeating units in load-bearing collagenous tissues such as tendon and bone, functioning as a microscopic stress mediators in mammalian bodies. These fibrils are twisted self-assembled ... -
Differentiae in the Cantus Manuscript Database: A Cross-Manuscript Analysis
The differentia standardization project for the Cantus Manuscript Database enables previously unfeasible comparisons of 159 manuscripts from the tenth to the seventeenth centuries containing a total of 129,526 antiphons ... -
Economic Analysis of Alternative Mechanical Harvesting Systems for Wild Blueberries
The purpose of this study was to assess the economic impacts of small box and semi-automatic bin handling technologies for wild blueberries production in Nova Scotia. Wild blueberry mechanical harvesters with similar ... -
HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOURS OF ADULTS FROM SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES LIVING WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS
Increasing research has highlighted certain health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other gender/sexual minorities (LGBTQ+) peoples, particularly in relation to poorer mental health ... -
Understanding Attachment to Utilitarian Landscapes and Wind Energy Support in the Chignecto Area
While increasing production from renewable sources is of critical importance to address climate change and other global issues, it requires the construction of new infrastructure, which is often highly visible and located ... -
THE BEHAVIOR AND MIGRATORY FATE OF SELECT HEAVY METALS DURING THE DEWATERMENT OF AN EFFLUENT DERIVED SEDIMENT
Geotextile filtration has proven to be an effective method of both retaining and dewatering dredged sediments. This option has been considered as a method for the remediation of a contaminated marine sediment in Nova Scotia, ... -
Classification and Analysis of a Large MEG Dataset using Convolutional Neural Networks
Convolutional neural networks were used to classify and analyse a large magnetoencephalography (MEG) dataset. Networks were trained to classify between active and baseline intervals recorded during cued button pressing. ... -
Access and Inclusion: The Experiences of University Students with Mobility-Related Physical Disabilities
Research indicates that physical and social environments are key determinants of health. However, little is known about how these environments can influence access to and inclusion in educational and leisure activities for ... -
Probiotic effects on adult anxiety and systemic inflammation after exposure to Western diet
Research shows that the microbiome-gut-brain axis affects physiological systems related to food intake, obesity, anxiety, and inflammation. These disorders are related to stress exposure and stress responding is influenced ... -
Maternal Microbes: The Effects of Probiotic Treatment on Maternal Care Behaviour, Inflammation and Offspring Stress Outcomes
Active maternal care is vital in offspring stress programming, yet the behaviour of a mother towards her offspring can also be influenced by her external environment. It is essential to understand what impacts maternal ... -
Inhabiting Flow: Strategies for Tourist Oriented Architecture in Volatile Icelandic Landscapes
The volatile terrain in Iceland, a landscape of perpetual flux in the space of places, flows and time, demands building methods which are empathetic to its unwieldy behaviour. An inundation of tourists over the past decade ... -
Counter-Monument: Transformation of An Industrial Structure in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Industry plays a crucial role and partially constructs the identities of Halifax as a port city in Nova Scotia. The industrial facilities in Halifax possess qualities that help frame the city’s identity. Halifax’s south ... -
Caffeine cue-reactivity: The impact of caffeine-related stimuli and expectancies on caffeine craving.
Caffeine is consumed by approximately 90% of adults, yet its potential addictive properties have been understudied. Specifically, this study examined the impact caffeine cue reactivity and expectancy on caffeine craving ... -
Extemporaneously Compounded Topical Calcium Channel Blockers for Wounds and Skin Ulcers
Compounded topical calcium channel blockers are used for the treatment of wounds, such as anal fissures and diabetic ulcers. Diltiazem and nifedipine are the calcium channel blockers with the most evidence for topical use. ... -
A Shared Waterfront: Instilling Public Space Back Into Hamilton's Industrial Port
Cities and waterfronts have historically been closely tied through public and private amenities offered in connection to water. Industrial expansion has created an imbalance of public life at the waterfront, eliminating ... -
A Neurophysiological Study of the Impact of Mind Wandering During Online Lectures
Lecture-format Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) were once thought to have the potential to permanently change higher education, though they did not live up to their original hype. Among the many posited reasons for this ... -
Investigation into the Effect of Groove Geometry on Grinding Performance in Creep-Feed Grinding
This work investigates the effects of different groove depths and groove widths on grinding performance in creep-feed grinding using circumferentially grooved grinding wheels. Using two constant-width diamond tools having ... -
VISUAL ANALYTICS OF RESEARCH COMMUNITY EXPERTISE IN SPACE AND TIME
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is an international learned society for computing. ACM operates the Distinguished Speaker Program (ACMDSP). ACMDSP maintains a list of speakers, who can be invited to deliver ... -
Pattern Formation in Atherosclerotic Plaques
Atherosclerosis is a disease of the cardiovascular system of humans that can lead to myocardial infarction and stroke. It begins in the arterial walls (intima) as an inflammatory response to dysfunction of the endothelium ...
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