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The nuclear shell model has accurately predicted many experimental trends in the atomic mass region of A=20-60 and beyond. One way to examine this model is by studying mirror nuclei–which have…

This dissertation explores implications of reconsidering the nature of mathematics from a conjoined enactivist/quantum theoretical perspective. The research is motivated by the view that…

The first series of uranyl ([UO2]2+)-dicyanoaurate coordination polymers has been synthesized and characterized. The diversity of structures generated demonstrates the flexibility of uranyl and…

Despite clothing's importance and antiquity, cross-cultural variations in clothing complexity have not been adequately quantified. This study aims to build on existing quantitative methods for…

The environmental sustainability issues arising from growing global textile and fashion consumption have increasingly come under scrutiny. Reportedly, synthetic microfibre emissions during the use-…

Background: Primary care provides entry to the Canadian health care system, subsequent coordination, and integration of all levels of care. People who have immigrated to Canada may experience…

O-GlcNAcylation is a post-translational modification that governs certain cellular pathways essential for eukaryotic cell functioning including transcription, translation, and protein transport. Its…

Over 86,000 Canadians live with the consequences of a spinal cord injury (SCI). Injury to spinal autonomic pathways can lead to profound cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction. Key areas of concern…

This thesis includes an introduction, an extended narrative, and eight essays integrating philosophies on science education, poetic inquiry, and place-based learning. This collection explores a range…

Nowadays, mobile robots capable of autonomous navigation and interaction in unfamiliar and dynamic environments have received great attention among researchers. The robot must be able to precisely…

A latin square of order n is an n × n array in which each row and each column contains each of the numbers {1, 2, . . . , n}. A k-plex in a latin square is a collection of entries which intersects…

This thesis studies the problem of articulated object reconstruction from an input video. Our focus is on estimating the shape, pose, and part motion of an articulated object during human-object…

Many organisations store large amounts of data in relational databases and require efficient ways to extract useful information from them. Machine learning models learned from these databases enable…

Britain had little interest in the Mediterranean and almost none in Malta until Napoleon Bonaparte seized the island in 1798 and forced her to take heed. Thereafter, the question of who should…

With the growing DRAM capacity and core count in modern servers, database systems are becoming increasingly multi-engine to feature a heterogeneous set of engines. In particular, a memory-optimized…

The automated construction of structured geometry is crucial for the next technological revolution in broader domains such as digital mapping, construction, robotics, augmented reality, and more.…

This thesis studies offender choices associated with extortive offences in El Salvador, Central America. Super gangs like MS-13 and Barrio 18 have turned extortion into one of the most important…

Humans can learn to move optimally. For many movements, we have a control strategy—or control policy—that optimizes some objective. In walking, we prefer the combination of step widths, step lengths…

WHERE I HEARD YOUR VOICE is an experiment in recasting time as space. The photos of this back-projected photo-collage have been juxtaposed by means of a moving-image approach so that time can be…

Habitat use of indicator species is used to prioritize management activities, but habitat use can vary temporally in response to changes in predation risk and foraging rewards. I examined black…