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Playing with Gender: A Narrative Inquiry into Two Gender Diverse Peoples’ Stories of Exploring Gender in Tabletop Roleplaying Games
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Tabletop roleplaying games allow players to creatively explore their identities in an enjoyable, social context. Identity exploration may be an especially important task for gender diverse people, who may experience difficulties in creating a positive gender identity due to stigma. In this study...
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Assessment of the Utility and Impact of IV Magnesium Infusion on Patient Outcomes and Quality of Life in Acute Heart Failure
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Heart failure (HF) is a complex condition which is a growing and lethal public health issue in Canada and internationally. In the last several decades, the number of treatments for HF with reduced ejection fraction, which makes up a large portion of the HF population, has grown. The recommended...
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Mixing tree species and density management to reduce drought susceptibility in coastal plantation forests of British Columbia
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The coastal forests of British Columbia have been experiencing longer and more intense droughts in recent years. To evaluate the effects of species composition and density on drought sensitivity, a study was conducted in a Douglas-fir:western redcedar plantation established in 1992, in the...
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Fall 2024
Hip displacement is a prevalent disorder in children with cerebral palsy, defined as the lateral displacement of the femur head from under the acetabulum, and leads to severe pain and difficulties in daily activities. As a result, hip surveillance programs have been developed to monitor and...
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Fall 2024
In this thesis we consider the point to point orienteering and deadline traveling salesman problems on graphs with bounded treewidth and graphs with consant doubling dimension and present approximation schemes for them. These are extensions of the classic Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). Suppose...
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Fall 2024
Deep learning-based segmentation plays a crucial role in computer and robot vision. Traditional approaches have predominantly relied on RGB (i.e., color) imagery, given its widespread availability and usage. However, the innate issues with color imagery, such as cluttered backgrounds and poor...
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The ‘Emergence’ of the Verse Tradition in Mauritania: Intellectual History and the Culture of Islamic Scholarship in the “Land of Million Poets.”
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This study focuses on the vibrant literary-intellectual tradition of the classical Arabic poetry of Mauritania and the role it has played in Saharan knowledge production and transmission. It attempts to illuminate an important and understudied facet of Afro-Islamic intellectual and artistic...
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From School to Community: Understanding the Broad Reach and Impact of the Comprehensive School Health Approach
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Children’s health is influenced significantly by the settings where they live learn and play. Due to the influence of the social determinants of health, children’s health outcomes differ. Consequently, all children are not afforded equal opportunity to thrive physically, mentally, socially,...
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Fall 2024
Frazil ice particles and flocs can adhere to underwater structures causing blockage to water intakes and large accumulation of frazil ice in the channel may cause flooding and property damage. After frazil floc rises to the water surface the resulting surface ice profoundly impacts river...
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Investigating Sex Differences in Knee Osteoarthritis: Meniscus Models Under Simulated Microgravity
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Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a degenerative joint disease that impacts all structures within the knee joint, often leading to chronic pain and disability. The meniscus, a crucial fibrocartilaginous structure within the knee, plays a key role in joint biomechanics. It is well established that...