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Connecting the City: Redefining a Railway Divide in Duncan, British Columbia
(2015-04-02)
This architectural thesis seeks to examine how public architecture and urban design can facilitate increased social connection and exchange in North American cities through the suggested development of an unused rail ...
THE DAILY LIVES OF CANADIAN PARENTS: CORRELATES OF TIME USE
(2013-03-11)
This study focuses on how children’s characteristics (number and age) and parental characteristics (e.g. employment status, education) and day of the week are linked to parents’ daily time allocations to primary child care, ...
'We Had Something Good and Sacred Here': ReStorying A'se'k with Pictou Landing First Nation
(2013-08-22)
For generations of Mi’kmaq from Pictou Landing First Nation, A’se’k (often referred to
as Boat Harbour) provided cultural, recreation, and livelihood functions. For almost 50
years, this once-healthy tidal estuary has ...
Sex Work and the City: Creating Municipal Licensing Regimes for Brothels
(2015-04-02)
The debate over how to regulate sex work in Canada has long occupied courts,
governments, policymakers, sex workers and activists. In the aftermath of the Supreme
Court decision in Bedford v Canada and the enactment of ...
Implicit and Explicit Gambling Outcome Expectancies: Activation by Gambling Cue Exposure and Utility in Predicting Gambling Outcomes
(2014-08-28)
Outcome expectancies are mental “if...then” propositions that make connections between behaviour and anticipated consequences. Despite their theoretical significance in addictive behaviours, a paucity of research has ...
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS INVOLVING DETERGENTS FOR ANALYSIS OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS BY MASS SPECTROMETRY
(2013-12-23)
Appropriate solubilization of membrane proteins can be achieved by incorporating detergents such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Unfortunately, SDS interferes with liquid chromatography (LC) and mass spectrometry (MS). ...
Interference in sequential grasping: effects of action and perception
(2014-08-22)
Past research has shown strong evidence supporting the notion that the visual control of action and the visual perception of objects are mediated by two functionally and anatomically distinct visual systems (Milner & ...
FREEZE-THAW PERFORMANCE OF LOW-CEMENT CONTENT STABILIZED SOILS FOR CONTAINMENT APPLICATIONS
(2015-03-05)
A laboratory-scale experimental study was performed to extend the available knowledge on the hydraulic and mechanical performance of cement-stabilized soils in cold regions. Experiments were performed on soil-cement (3 ...
ONE-PARAMETER OPERATOR SEMIGROUPS AND AN APPLICATION OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
(2012-08-28)
This thesis consists of two parts. In the first part, which is expository, abstract theory of one-parameter operator is studied semi-groups. We develop in detail the necessary Banach space and Banach algebra theories of ...
CHARACTERIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE M2 MELANOPSIN RETINAL GANGLION CELL IN THE CLM-1 TRANSGENIC MOUSE RETINA
(2012-09-06)
Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) undergo continued maturation after birth. RGC development can be influenced by light, but for most RGCs this requires the development of functional retinal circuits that occurs up to 2 weeks ...