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2014-12-16
Author: Feng, Xiao
I explore the heterogeneous relationships between Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) program and job search intensity before, during and after the recent financial crisis among different subgroups of…
2014-03-05
BackgroundProblem solving courts (PSC) have been implemented internationally, with a common objective to prevent reoffending by addressing criminogenic needs and strengthening social determinants of…
2014-03-05
BackgroundSexual segregation in vertebrate foraging niche is often associated with sexual size dimorphism (SSD), i.e., ecological sexual dimorphism. Although foraging behavior of male and female…
2014-03-11
Maintaining food production while sustaining productive ecosystems is among the central challenges of our time, yet, it has been for millennia. Ancient clam gardens, intertidal rock-walled terraces…
2014-03-18
ObjectivesWe measured gender differences in “Quality of Care” (QOC) during the first year after initiation of antiretroviral therapy and investigated factors associated with poorer QOC among women.…
2014-03-25
We model competition between two firms selling identical goods to customers who arrive in the market stochastically. Shoppers choose where to purchase based upon both price and the time cost…
2014-04-03
Simulation testing is an important approach to evaluating fishery stock assessment methods. In the last decade, the fisheries stock assessment modeling framework Stock Synthesis (SS3) has become…
2014-04-04
As a result of being hunted, animals often alter their behaviour in ways that make future encounters with predators less likely. When hunting is carried out for conservation, for example to control…
2014-12-04
Magazine and newspaper publishers benefit from readership studies conducted by large research organizations. They help publishing professionals keep track of readers’ habits and their competitors’…
2014-04-09
Typically studies of the effects of aging on cognitive-motor performance emphasize changes in elderly populations. Although some research is directly concerned with when age-related decline actually…
2014-04-09
Coral reefs are biodiverse ecosystems structured by abiotic and biotic factors operating across many spatial scales. Regional-scale interactions between climate change, biogeography and fisheries…
2014-04-23
The enhancement of salmon populations has long been used to increase the abundance of salmon returning to spawn and/or to be captured in fisheries. However, in some instances enhancement can have…
2014-04-24
HLA-restricted immune escape mutations that persist following HIV transmission could gradually spread through the viral population, thereby compromising host antiviral immunity as the epidemic…
2014-05-07
In rodents, daily feeding schedules induce food anticipatory activity (FAA) rhythms with formal properties suggesting mediation by food-entrained circadian oscillators (FEOs). The search for the…
2014-05-12
Regulatory elements for the mouse growth hormone (GH) gene are located distally in a putative locus control region (LCR) in addition to key elements in the promoter proximal region. The role of…
2014-05-14
Maternal effects provide a mechanism to adapt offspring phenotype and optimize the mother’s fitness to current environmental conditions. Transferring steroids to the yolk is one way mothers can…
2015-01-08
Author: Keizer, Adam
Information from stock assessment models is uncertain, and biased information can result in a fishery failing to meet its objectives. A retrospective pattern is a measure of uncertainty produced by a…
2014-12-11
Author: Liu, Yuebing
The high level of household indebtedness and stretched valuations in some segments of the Canadian housing market poses a potential risk to financial stability in the country. To protect and…
2015-04-28
Very High Throughput Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (VHT MU-MIMO) is an 802.11ac communication mode that allows an Access Point (AP) to simultaneously transmit multiple data streams as…
2015-04-14
This study analyzes the barriers that university graduates are facing in finding appropriate work post-graduation and investigates ways that universities can assist their students in transitioning…