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A significant challenge in machine learning and, more specifically, deep learning is the necessity for extensive labeled data. Given the high cost, time, and complexity of procuring such data,…

The Village of Lytton has experienced an extended timeline in its fire-resilient rebuilding following the Lytton Creek wildfire on June 30, 2021. To understand Lytton's rebuilding challenges and…

This dissertation seeks to understand why and how journalists use preprints, or research studies that are publicly available but have not yet been peer reviewed. Scholars post preprints to provide…

In the last two decades, global health humanitarianism has become an industry unto itself, with the characteristics of an industry complete with complex systems of labor enterprise. Data play a…

Background: Eating disorders affect many young people, with recent estimates suggesting that 0.2% of 12- to 18-year-olds have these disorders at any time. These disorders also have a much greater…

In this toolkit you will find all you need to plan and implement a Research Meets Policy Summer Institute at your institution. In the summer of 2021 Simon Fraser University (SFU) hosted and evaluated…

Zebrafish provide a translational model of human cardiac function. Their similar cardiac electrophysiology enables screening of human cardiac repolarization disorders, drug arrhythmogenicity, and…

This data accompanies the work "Cannabidiol potentiates Hyperpolarization and Cyclic-Nucleotide gated (HCN4) channels." published in the Journal of General Physiology. https://doi.org/10.…

In the Canadian educational context, higher education is committed to decolonization, reconciliation, and support of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action. This doctoral…

Advances in tracking technology have documented an astonishing array of migratory movements and revealed that, in many species, individuals within a population can exhibit different migration…

The conventional method for functional quantile regression is to fit the regression model for each quantile of interest separately. The slope function of the regression, as a bivariate function…

The effects of free market capitalism and neoliberal policies on mathematics education have been a growing topic of interest within the sociopolitical dimension of the field. However, few studies…

Tourism is one of the most dynamic businesses in the world. It is of great importance to intentionally and effectively plan and develop tourism sustainably by finding compromises between the economic…

This dissertation explores the presentation of logarithms in current textbooks and historic texts. The aim of the research is to discover any past textual presentations of logarithms that could…

Autophagy is an intracellular catabolic process that plays both pro- and anti-tumorigenic roles depending on cancer stage and context. ATG4B is a core cysteine protease in autophagy and has been…

After nearly three decades spent teaching French immersion kindergarten, I found myself in a personal and professional life crisis during the school year of 2009-2010. I suddenly did not know anymore…

This project supports the Cumulative Effects Management (CEM) Program of the Metlakatla First Nation by preparing an inventory of recommendations from past projects and creating a project management…

Snow algae grow on the surface of alpine and polar snowfields in summer, forming blooms known as "red snow" or "watermelon snow". Snow algal blooms reduce albedo, thereby…

Pell equations are Diophantine equations of the form x² − Dy² = 1. For fixed D, all positive solutions are generated by powers of a single solution, known as the fundamental solution. In the first…

The development of an accurate, efficient, portable, and affordable method for identifying breast cancer is critical for both early detection and improved prognosis. Medical imaging modalities play a…