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The high accuracy of Deep Neural Networks (DNN) come at the expense of high computational cost and memory requirements. During inference, the data is often collected on the edge device which are…

This thesis presents findings and analysis drawn from semi-structured qualitative interviews with eleven members, staff, and leaders within the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU…

Work reported in this thesis, from three independent projects, highlights: first, a novel DNA secondary structure fold from a neurodegenerative disease-linked repeat sequence; second, a new approach…

Existing research is limited regarding intergenerational effects of adolescent mothers' abuse histories on their children and the pathways by which transmission of risk occurs. The current study…

This report details my research on the housing value of the Metlakatla First Nation's Cumulative Effects Management Program. The program is designed to protect Metlakatla community values, such…

In recent years, decision-makers in BC have engaged people who use(d) drugs (PWUD) and the general public for their input on strategic directions regarding the overdose crisis. Given the oft-…

Effective wildlife conservation requires understanding diet composition and its consequences for population demography. I measured the diet of an at-risk population of Northern Goshawks (Accipiter…

In an urban context, the immigrant church is not only a place of worship, but it is also a community hub, a cultural center, and a social gathering place. When COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic…

This research study explores the financial-related challenges impacting young professionals in the City of Vancouver. It approaches the topic from a life course perspective, considering how the…

Despite extensive research on the politics of war and Yugoslav refugees during the civil war, there has been scant research on identity building in their children. I present the term, "…

This research is aimed at understanding sense of community among residents of a master planned community in Richmond's Oval Village. In particular, my research investigates how affordable…

Active noise cancelling (ANC) headphones grant an individual the ability to define and create personal sonic borders in real time. While this promise offers individuals a form of sonic escapism, I…

Despite the fact that women significantly outnumber men in the publishing industry, surveys and journalistic accounts reported from both the United States and the United Kingdom over the last 10…

This thesis proposes a novel approach for indoor scene illumination modeling and augmented reality rendering. Our key observation is that an indoor scene is well represented by a set of rectangular…

Data stalls are a major overhead in main-memory database engines due to the use of pointer-rich data structures. Lightweight coroutines ease the implementation of software prefetching to hide data…

In recent years, deep learning models have been widely used and are behind major breakthroughs across many fields. Deep learning models are usually considered to be black boxes due to their large…

Phaeocystis is an ecologically important cosmopolitan genus with several species that form harmful algal blooms. Previous studies of the mechanisms of Phaeocystis blooms have been hindered by the…

A universal prescription drug coverage policy remains an unfinished business of Canadian healthcare system with over sixty year long historical roots. Since national medicare doesn't provide…

In the Fraser River Estuary of British Columbia, tidal marshes have been receding and converting into unvegetated mudflats since the 1980s. While there are many hypotheses for this recession, the…

For the nervous system to develop properly, axons must connect neurons into networks by navigating to their target destinations. A large proportion of genes containing extracellular Leucine-Rich…