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Escherichia coli type I signal peptidase (SPase I) is a membrane-bound endopeptidase that cleaves amino-terminal signal peptides from secreted proteins and some membrane proteins. To contribute to…

This thesis gives a characterization of cost matrices associated with the complete directed graph that have at most three distinct values for linear spanning 2-forests. Alternative characterizations…

This study examines the decline in public school enrolment in Vancouver. Using both quantitative and qualitative data, the study examines differences between parents who choose public school and…

This study seeks to problematize approaches to civic education in British Columbia schools by reframing the pedagogical paradigm from civic knowledge to sociocultural practices and activity. The…

Bangladesh faces a crisis of limited electricity generation capacity. Only 30% of Bangladeshis have access to electricity, and those who do face poor quality service such as frequent blackouts and…

The use of ‘date rape’ drugs to facilitate rape has emerged as a contemporary social problem within the past ten years. This phenomenon has provided the media with a new slant for discussing sexual…

Hemispherical scan coverage, where the antenna beam may be positioned anywhere above horizon, is required in many applications such as satellite communications, and surveillance and tracking radar…

Mary is a seven-minute animation based on my grandmother Mary, who died before I was born. The video integrates 16mm film, digital still images and digital video to represent the version of Mary’s…

This study explores girls’ secondary school participation in rural Bangladesh. Specifically, I seek to lend insight into the factors that inhibit girls’ retention through to completion of secondary…

Research on learning strategies and tactics has become important to explain students’ self-regulated learning. This study, informed by Winne’s self-regulated learning model, investigated students’…

Widespread dissatisfaction with previous conservative administrations swept the Socialists into power in 1981. President François Mitterrand’s “ten proposals for education” promised social mobility.…

I investigated movement patterns and foraging effort of surf scoters wintering in two sites with shellfish aquaculture, one with clam and the other with mussel prey. Scoters at the clam site…

The photodimerisation of anthracene is a reversible bimolecular process. Once dimerised, the monomeric anthracene may be reformed either thermally or photochemically. In the past, this dimerisation…

Availability of cheap oil has allowed cities to maintain a certain standard of living and growing dependence on it makes cities vulnerable. Oil is a finite resource that will reach its peak…

Since more people choose the convenience of colour imaging over traditional grayscale imaging, colour is a very important and useful feature in the computer vision community. However, the changing…

Portrayals of restorative justice in British Columbia newsprint media are subjected to a descriptive content analysis. Fundamental aspects of the restorative justice perspective, and its many…

PBL has been widely adopted by medical schools for years. However, implementing PBL curricula in online environments pose specific challenges to educators. Although existing technologies can…

Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) have been rapidly deployed to hospitals around the world over the past five years. Although these systems significantly improve the efficiency of…

Acapha®, an herbal product used for treating esophageal cancer in China, is undergoing clinical trials as a chemopreventive agent for lung cancer at the B.C. Cancer Agency (BCCA). Little is known of…

Given that maintenance of skeletal muscle mass is essential for overall health, functionality and quality of life, it is critical to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms underlying the maintenance of…