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The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis remains one of the most war-like confrontations between Beijing and Washington since the 1960s. Existing studies of the crisis, which have predominantly relied on…

The Steklov eigenvalue problem is a boundary value problem where the spectral parameter relates the Dirichlet and Neumann traces. It has been extensively studied for the Laplacian. In this thesis, we…

This study aimed to develop a molecular test to differentiate between Panax ginseng (P. ginseng) and Panax quinquefolius (P. quinquefolius), considering their distinct medicinal properties, such as…

Archaeology is vital in understanding the history and culture of Indigenous peoples in South Texas, but there is a lack of collaboration between archaeologists and Coahuiltecan tribes of south Texas…

Due to the Indigenous resurgence and decolonization movements seen across North America in recent decades, it is now well-documented that resource management has a deeply colonial and capitalist…

The construction of a Frisch grid ionization chamber with positional sensitivity to ionizing particles is presented in this work. The SCI-CASTER project in the Simon Fraser University Nuclear Science…

This thesis assessed cycling activity, perceived safety, and cycling accessibility after investments in cycling infrastructure in mid-sized Canadian cities. The research team worked with…

This research study investigates the Surrey Central City shopping mall retrofitting project located in central Surrey, B.C and the surrounding neighborhood within a 500-meter radius. The study area…

The dual-loaded loop antenna is a canonical electromagnetic field sensor that can simultaneously measure two field components instead of the single component of a single-port dipole or loop. This…

This report is a detailed history of New Star Books and considers the following: the context of its founding in terms of the political movements of the times; changes in editorial choices based on…

Multi-proxy analyses of clay mineralogy, δ13Corg and C/N of organic matter, and mass-specific magnetic susceptibility of late Miocene–early Pliocene Kueichulin Fm of the Taiwan Western Foreland Basin…

Deindustrialization, globalization, and the changing demands of global supply chains are driving spatial changes at local and regional scales. The movement of goods and related infrastructure has…

Diminished reality refers to changing human perception by concealing, replacing, or removing objects, with the primary objective of decreasing the amount of unnecessary information. Most research in…

Essay 1: During the 2010s, insurgent movements emerged on both ends of the political spectrum challenging political establishments across Europe. In the UK, UKIP's populist nationalism…

Today's 2D user interfaces (UIs) are mature, while their 3D counterparts have not yet reached a similar state. For Virtual Reality (VR) systems, directly using 2D interactive elements as 3D…

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating psychiatric disorder whose etiology remains poorly understood. Besides genetic factors, environmental risk factors such as traumatic events seem…

Antiretroviral therapy suppresses HIV viremia, but no vaccine or cure exists. Rare individuals who spontaneously control infection mount robust antiviral CD8 T cell responses, indicating that these…

In Canada, English as an additional language (EAL) teachers of adults perform the socially and economically necessary work of assisting newcomers and international students to develop the language…

The rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), particularly Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT), highlights the pressing need to understand its impact within academia. This…

Pain lasting three months or longer is generally referred to as Chronic Pain (CP). According to Health Canada, approximately 20% of the Canadian population experience CP within their lifespan. CP…