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This thesis investigates the transformation of German-Canadian WWII family legacies as they are passed down through generations and between cultures. From a memory studies perspective, I examine my…

The ability of witnesses of a criminal event to accurately recall what they have seen may be affected by various factors. This study explored whether individual differences such as anxiety,…

Chimeric transcripts are RNA molecules that cannot be explained by linear models of alternative splicing and can arise from events at either the DNA or the RNA level. Three types of chimeras, fusions…

Field investigations were undertaken at three open pit mines and one major natural rock slope. Modified geotechnical field mapping techniques and remote sensing methods including LiDAR and…

This thesis addresses a synthetic health-dataset, introduced at the IEEE VAST Challenge 2010. My research team participated in this contest to evaluate the pre-designed tool, ”IMAS” using a benchmark…

Males and females of the egg parasitoid wasp Ooencyrtus kuvanae (Howard) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) emerge as sexually mature adults from gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.), host egg masses. Sibling or…

Adducin, the cross linker of actin and spectrin, has important regulatory roles in the remodeling of submembranous cytoskeleton during synaptic development. In Drosophila, Drosophila adducins,…

Sedimentological and ichnological analyses of three beaches and their associated shorefaces in the Juan de Fuca Strait was undertaken to develop a model for strait-margin beach-shoreface complexes.…

The development of tools, techniques and methods has been important to the evolution of glycobiology and the elucidation of the function of many forms of protein glycosylation. O-GlcNAcylation of…

Determining the molecular mechanisms underlying variation in morphology, physiology and behaviour is a prime focus in the field of evolutionary genetics. This thesis investigates the molecular…

The main goal of this ancient DNA-based study was to analyze archaeological whale skeletal remains from the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia to investigate population genetic…

The data access patterns of modern workloads are increasingly less uniform which makes it hard to design a memory hierarchy with rigid design principles that performs optimally for a wide range of…

This exploratory study examines the Peter Jones Learning Centre’s (PJLC) transition from a quiet, autonomous interior to a learning commons model encouraging collaboration and socialization. Located…

Currently, there are no effective treatments available for patients suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive loss of upper and…

In this work, we study several fluid-structure interaction problems in two dimensions using the "Immersed Boundary (IB) method". The IB method is a versatile and robust approach for…

This thesis challenges the historiography that asserts the waterfront strike in Vancouver in 1935 was a failed militant surge by a new radical leadership in an otherwise twenty-year period of…

The purpose of this study is to understand the effects of public policies and institutional support in the development of the wine industry of Argentina. It is concerned principally with…

Over the past several decades, many voices in both the research and professional spheres of education have spoken on assessment, emphasizing its central place in the practice of teaching. But we have…

Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are a pervasive phenomenon in today’s society. With greater connectivity and interactivity enabled via web technologies, SNSs provide communication platforms for…

A capacitive relative humidity sensor fabricated with electrosprayed polyimide nanoparticles is proposed in this thesis. The goal has been to fabricate a humidity sensor with small size and simple…