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2023-05-30
High-surface-area multifaceted platinum (Pt) nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit promising electrocatalytic properties for various electrochemical reactions. Effective structural and morphological control is…
2018-07-19
Author: Wakkary, Ron, Author: Odom, William
In this chapter we provide an overview of concepts and methods that have become part of our approach to gain a broader and deeper understanding of the relations between humans and technology. Over…
2020-07-03
Morse Things are Internet connected ceramic cups and bowls that communicate with each other in Morse Code. This ongoing research iteratively asks thing-centered questions of things and technology. A…
2023-04-12
Author: Su, Haotian
Electromyography (EMG) has been widely used in robotics and biomedical applications for sensing and diagnostic purposes. Because of the complex shape of the human limbs and the uneven surface of the…
2023-03-29
Author: Dhari, Joeveen
Old Growth forests play a crucial role in BC's multi-billion dollar logging industry. When left standing, Old Growth forests provide economic contributions through tourism, recreation, carbon…
2023-03-31
Author: Engel, Amanda
As British Columbia strengthens its anti-money laundering policy regime, Ontario is poised to become Canada's new centre for money laundering in real estate—a problem which its provincial…
2023-04-19
Author: Pinjari, Syedvali
Physisorption hydrogen storage, one of the solid-state hydrogen storage mechanisms, offers safe and reversible hydrogen storage for practical applications. The physisorption materials show high…
2023-04-25
Author: DelliCarpini, Ermen
This thesis offers a methodological and theoretical framework for understanding formations of the self that are informed by Indigenous scholarship, anthropology, and memory studies. The particular…
2023-04-19
Author: Firoozi, Federico
The history of the enumeration of finite lattice paths with respect to a linear boundary is rich with unexpected patterns and symmetries. Let a, b be coprime and let g be a positive integer. We count…
2023-04-05
Author: Blomley, Elina
The Farm to School (F2S) movement seeks to connect youth with their food system and community. In the emerging field of food systems planning, public institutional procurement through F2S programming…
2023-03-07
Author: Sadr, Elham
A responsive Graphical User Interface (GUI) dynamically responds to the changes in the size and appearance of a layout while migrating across screens with different sizes/orientations. Ideally, the…
2023-03-31
Author: Gibbs, Curtis
Biological electron transfer (ET) is an intricate process, and in many cases, these ET events are coupled with proton transfer reactions, which can add complexity to reaction mechanisms. Importantly…
2023-04-11
Author: Mateus, Martin
Since the 1980's, municipalities are experiencing increasing pressures due to reforms and downloading of responsibilities from senior governments. This has impacted daily operations as local…
2017-08-01
The nervous system integrates visual input regarding obstacles with limb-based sensory feedback to allow an individual to safely negotiate the environment. This latter source can include cutaneous…
2019-06
The Tilting Bowl is a ceramic bowl that unpredictably but gently tilts multiple times daily. This pictorial reports on the crafting of the electronics of the Tilting Bowl within the concept of a…
2017-05-02
Author: Oogjes, Doenja, Author: Wakkary, Ron
In this paper we present Videos of Things: videos that portray the mediated, lived world of computational artifacts informed by postphenomenology. In a post-phenomenological understanding, things and…
2020-10-27
Author: Catherine, Nicole, Author: Boyle, Michael H., Author: Zheng, Yufei, Author: McCandless, Lawrence, Author: Xie, Hui, Author: Lever, Rosemary, Author: Sheehan, Debbie, Author: Gonzalez, Andrea, Author: Jack, Susan M., Author: Gafni, Amiram, Author: Tonmyr, Lil, Author: Marcellus, Lenora, Author: Varcoe, Colleen, Author: Cullen, Ange, Author: Hjertaas, Kathleen, Author: Riebe, Caitlin, Author: Rikert, Nikolina, Author: Sunthoram, Ashvini, Author: Barr, Ronald, Author: MacMillan, Harriet, Author: Waddell, Charlotte
Background: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) involves public health nurses providing frequent home visits from early pregnancy until children reach age 2 years, focusing on first-time parents…
2023-03-20
Author: Ferris, Talia
A key challenge faced by refugee children around the world is accessing quality education. The denial of the fundamental human right to education has immense repercussions on development and the…
2023-03-07
Author: Toffoletto, Matthew
In Enceladus Below, objects and performers come together on stage to shape and reshape a blurry view of home and memory. By drawing on fiction, faint views of history, and fragments of personal…
A protein thermal sensing mechanism for newly characterized stress-specific amyloid body recruitment
2023-04-13
Author: Marijan, Dane
Amyloid aggregates are an extraordinarily damage resistant protein structure. Although they've traditionally been thought of as an inherently toxic protein state, cells can in fact utilize…