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Telemedicine has grown exponentially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and has demonstrated the benefits of a virtual healthcare system. In British Columbia, third-party providers are currently…

Green infrastructure (GI) and nature-based solutions (NbS) have been identified as an important strategy to assist in delivering key infrastructure services in Metro Vancouver, particularly when…

Evolved differences in life history traits, including fertilization ecology and mating systems, are expected to affect the strength of sexual selection acting on gamete-recognition genes (GRGs)…

Many relational datasets, including relational databases, feature links of different types (e.g., actors act in movies, users rate movies), known as multi-relational, heterogeneous, or multilayer…

Gas hydrates (or clathrate hydrates) are well-defined crystalline structures that consist of a host lattice of hydrogen-bonded water molecules partially or fully loaded with guest molecules. Guest…

Zinc oxide is a potentially useful material in optoelectronics. It has a 3.3 eV direct bandgap which makes it a comparatively inexpensive candidate for replacing gallium nitride as a UV light emitter…

Photoremovable protecting groups are powerful tools for the release or deprotection of a wide range of molecules. Benzoin type photoremovable protecting groups are renowned for their exceptional…

There is a gap in understanding how regional governmental authorities like Metro Vancouver understand the terms nature-based solutions (NbS) and green infrastructure (GI). Without a more fulsome and…

The present research consists of using Wenner's four electrodes method to measure the electrical resistivity of soil (e.g., clayey silt and clay), applying two machine-learning algorithms (k…

Silicon photonic integrated circuits have advanced to the point where thousands of components can now be combined into functioning optical circuits. A variety of quantum technologies are based upon…

Quick response (QR) codes enable optical machine-readable data storage in an image format, and are at the forefront of prevalent security systems with widespread applications in document and…

The purpose of this research is to explore the possibility of improving the contribution of academic theory to philanthropic practice in the broad realm of social innovation. With more information…

Coercive and disruptive behaviors are common among youth with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and are thought to contribute to impairment and interfere with the effectiveness of cognitive-…

In a year that mirrored a well-written dystopic fiction, the world was brought to a standstill by a pandemic. But while the COVID-19 crisis threatened to push pause on everything, many in the world…

Set against the backdrop of an ambiguous dystopia and eternal rave, LINK SICK is a tale about the threads that bind us together. The piece stems from research around oral traditions of storytelling,…

Studies on political candidates' media portrayals have generally focused on whether portrayals are gendered or racialized. I examine whether portrayals differ according to candidates'…

A key factor contributing to the success of climate adaptation interventions is the use of government-wide strategic evaluation processes that analyze the impacts of the various adaptation…

As the Canadian population ages, the demand for adequate long-term care (LTC) increases and with it, higher long-term care costs. The distribution of increased costs between Canadian seniors, their…

This thesis presents a scene agnostic neural architecture for camera localization, where model parameters and scenes are independent from each other. Despite recent advancement in learning based…

The Fraser Valley Region has a specialized economy in agriculture. Empirical studies in economic geography literature find that specialized regional economies are less resilient and hence, more…