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Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Silver Pond Prospect in the Toodoggone District: Implications for Regional Exploration
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The Lawyers Property located in the Toodoggone district hosts a well-known extensively explored low sulfidation style epithermal deposit as well as an adjacent less understood target area known as Silver Pond that shares characteristics of a high sulfidation style system. The Silver Pond prospect...
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Precious metal, Lu-Hf, and Re-Os geochemistry of the metasomatized lithospheric mantle: implications for subcrustal precious metal mobilization and MARID petrogenesis
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The connection between metasomatism - the change in chemical composition of a rock via interaction with a fluid or melt - and the formation of metalliferous ore deposits in the Earth’s crust is well established. Similarly, it is now accepted that the Earth’s lithospheric mantle has experienced...
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Deciphering the Roles of 2 Intercalated Cell Proteins in Acid-Base and Ion Homeostasis: SLC26A7 and Claudin-4
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Few of the many crucial physiological functions are maintaining acid/base balance and electrolyte homeostasis. The last segment of the nephron, collecting duct, fine tunes these functions by secreting acids and reabsorbing bicarbonate through the specialized type-A intercalated cells (Type-A IC)....
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Investigation of banglenes as neurotrophic agents and development of a new fluorescent protein- based FRET pair
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This thesis describes efforts towards understanding the neurotrophic activity of banglenes and the development of a new fluorescent protein-based FRET pair. Neurotrophic small molecule natural products are functional analogs of signaling proteins called neurotrophins, which cause a pro-growth,...
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Biological soil crusts in Alberta’s grasslands: increasing our knowledge of their taxonomy, diversity, and sensitivity to drought and defoliation
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Biological soil crusts (BSCs) play a central role in the biodiversity, health, resilience, and function of drylands like Alberta’s grasslands. In Alberta, much of the biocrust cover consists of lichens, and many crusts are dominated by species of Cladonia. Despite the drought-resistant nature of...
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« The women folk often helped »: La conception inéquitable de la citoyenneté dans les manuels d’études sociales albertains de la première moitié du 20e siècle
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The teaching of Canadian history has been a source of contention over the past century, particularly regarding the place of minorities in the nation’s narrative and cultural identity. In early 20th-century Alberta, history education was driven by male-authored textbooks which were used to...
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Biofouling is a serious problem in the medical, marine, and several other industrial fields as it poses significant health risks and financial losses. Therefore, there is a great need to endow surfaces with antifouling and antimicrobial properties to mitigate biofouling. For long-term biofouling...
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Disinformation, Stochastic Harm, and Costly Effort: A Principal-Agent Analysis of Regulating Social Media Platforms
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The spread of disinformation on social media platforms is harmful to society. This harm may manifest as a gradual degradation of public discourse; but it can also take the form of sudden dramatic events such as the 2021 insurrection on Capitol Hill. The social media platforms themselves are in...
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Herbicide Strategies for Control of Glyphosate-Resistant and -Susceptible Kochia (Bassia scoparia) in Chemical Fallow and Spring Wheat
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Kochia [Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J. Scott], the first known glyphosate-resistant weed in western Canada, is an abundant and troublesome summer annual tumbleweed. Yet, knowledge gaps exist in kochia management, specifically as to what herbicide and herbicide mixes are effective to control...
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Prediction of Horizontal In-situ Stress in Shale Gas Reservoirs Based on Artificial Neural Networks and Conventional Rock Mechanics ——A Case Study on Longmaxi Formation in Southern Sichuan (China)
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Shale gas is one of the most important unconventional fossil fuel resources. It is usually developed by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques. The in-situ stress magnitude distribution in a given shale gas field is a significant factor that should be considered by horizontal...