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In this work, we study the problem of clustering bacterial isolates into epidemiologically related groups from next-generation sequencing data. Existing methods for this problem mainly use a single…

Phylogenetic trees are frequently used in biology to study the relationships among several species or organisms. The shape of a phylogenetic tree contains useful information about patterns of…

Instructors’ perceptions, values, and belief structures influence their curriculum decisions and may fundamentally overlap, contradict, and/or conflict, leading to a confluence of curricula cultures…

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the bidirectional relationship between speech and social processes, as increased attention is given to how speakers’ physical appearance, in…

As autonomous robots become pervasive in daily life, it is important to ensure they successfully accomplish the task while being safe from collisions. These desired behaviours require both perception…

Sleep is a vital part of every humans daily circadian rhythm. People can rest and recover their body and mind and live a more active and alert life with an appropriate amount of sleep. The current…

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia that causes the irregular and uncoordinated contractions of the atrial chambers. Current first-line pharmacological treatments…

Semiconducting nanowire-based clean energy technologies are promising in terms of efficiency and material consumption. The vapor-solid-liquid (VLS) mechanism using gold (Au) as the catalyst allows…

For six months of each year, Neotropical forests host the highest known diversity and density of wintering migrants. Habitat loss and conversion of more than 3.5 million ha of Neotropical forests a…

There is a scarcity of literature examining gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) men’s experiences of public displays of affection. An interview protocol informed by Emotion-Focused Therapy was used…

This dissertation is an attempt to add to the research on community college mathematics education, and to examine one way in which content delivery might be adapted from other levels to teach…

Single people tend to experience lower wellbeing than coupled people. One explanation for this phenomenon is that single people experience discrimination, which can negatively impact psychological…

Reaction time training systems are being used to improve athlete performance for different sports, including boxing, football, and even the Formula 1. Until now, such setups used physical, flat…

Estuaries are potentially critically-important fish habitats. However, their temporal and spatial dynamics challenge understanding of the nursery functions of estuaries. Working in the Koeye River…

Despite over $20B of annual federal funding directed towards domestic HIV efforts, 38,000 new cases were diagnosed in 2017 in the US. The recently announced “Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for…

Anger and shame are individually explicated through intrapsychic, interpersonal, and emotional-motivational processes. The phenomenon of shame-rage, a common psychological defensive strategy, is…

Vasculatures and airways in the human body contain anatomical trees, which are tree structures with anatomical properties and geometrical attributes. Since anatomical trees are highly involved in…

This case study is situated in the context of the new concept-based competency-driven curriculum implemented by the province of British Columbia. Implicitly embedded in the resurging movement of…

We investigate a model that allows us to look at electron transfer in the fast-hopping regime. Using recent developments in the study of non-equilibrium processes, we compute optimal protocols which…

In stochastic biological systems, it is difficult to predict how the state of the system will evolve in response to a dynamic environment. Various attempts have been proposed in different literature…