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Fall 2022
Abstract In this thesis, I estimate the willingness-to-accept (WTA) for genomic information sharing in Alberta beef cattle production. In addition, I examine the factors that influence the WTA by commercial cow-calf producers in genomic information sharing with Breeding Associations (BAs). As...
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Is neurodevelopment influenced by atopy in the mother or infant? Exploring the role of infant and maternal atopic status, infant gut microbiome, and metabolites in early child neurodevelopment
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Background: Allergic diseases affect about 30% to 35% of all children, and the frequency of these diseases has been increasing in recent years. Growing epidemiological data suggests interactions exist between infant neurodevelopment and inflammatory immune diseases, including food sensitization...
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Catalysts of Change: The Company of Young Canadians and its Involvement with Indigenous Peoples in Western Canada, 1964-1974
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Several programs initiated during the 1960s were intended to address poverty in Canada through community development and mobilizing youth; some of these were federal, some provincial and some were private/locally designed programs. The Company of Young Canadians (CYC) was one of these. It was...
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Crossing Borders: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of International Graduate Students
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Abstract In response to the global needs for nursing faculty, and nurses at leadership and advanced clinical practice roles, aspiring students from different countries come to Canada for their graduate...
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Characterizing Population Heterogeneity of Salmonella Motion in Mucosal Environments Using Stochastic Modeling and the EM Algorithm
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Salmonella are pathogenic bacteria that infect many species including humans. This pathogen thrives in the gastrointestinal track of their hosts and propel themselves in mucus with motion structures called flagella. Each cell has multiple flagella that can rotate either synchronously, resulting...
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Fall 2022
Frameworks and libraries provide functionality through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Developers might misuse these APIs because the library's usage rules are often implicit, undocumented, or not readily available in the form of checkable rules. At the same time, manually writing...
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L’anxiété Langagière chez des Étudiants (es) de Niveau Universitaire qui Suivent des Cours de Français et dont la Langue Première est L’anglais
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Language anxiety (LA) is a relatively common phenomenon that is likely to negatively influence the well-being and success of students learning a second language. Despite this, very few studies on this type of anxiety experienced by English-speaking students from French immersion environments who...
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Fall 2022
While great advancements have been made in the field of tau biology, one particularly elusive component is the significance of structural variance of tau aggregates linked to disease: we see great structural heterogeneity among the aggregates obtained from various tauopathies despite being made...
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Fall 2022
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is a difficult degradation mechanism to diagnose in pipeline systems due to the complex interaction between biotic (i.e., microbial) and abiotic (e.g., fluid chemistry, pipe/vessel metallurgy/corrosion, and operating conditions) factors. This...
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Fall 2022
Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) are ubiquitous; they power a wide range of systems. The broad use of ICEs globally causes more than 20% of the total greenhouse gas emissions. In many countries, emission legislation is transitioning from certification using only traditional chassis dynomometer...