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Soft tissue facial changes in patients 18 years or older after bone-anchored maxillary expansion - a pilot study
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Abstract Introduction: Maxillary expansion is a therapeutic modality utilized by orthodontists in order to increase the transverse dimension of the maxilla and correct transverse maxillary discrepancies that is commonly utilized in cases with posterior crossbite and maxillary crowding. This...
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Fall 2024
Despite progress in understanding body image's complexity and gender diversity, existing research often overlooks or inadequately addresses the experiences of nonbinary individuals. Traditional body image measurement and research studies typically fail to accommodate nonbinary identities at all,...
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Fall 2024
Mosasaurs are an extinct group of large aquatic lizards that swam the world’s oceans during the late Cretaceous, approximately 94 to 66 million years ago. The genus Prognathodon is a diverse subgroup of medium to large-sized mosasaurs with a unique set of features that have made it difficult for...
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Fall 2024
Onion messages (OMs) are private messages sent between nodes in the Lightning Network (LN) using onion routing. While they are intended to enable interesting applications such as reusable invoices, refunds, and asynchronous payments, OMs may also be used for unintended applications such as...
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Fall 2024
Soil invertebrate assemblages, indicative of ecosystem health and function, can be used to assess land reclamation success, but require taxonomic expertise. Soil invertebrate assessments must be comprehensive, seasonally consistent, cost effective, and focus on sensitive key groups. We evaluated...
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Perennial Forage Mixtures: An Integrated Approach to Investigating their Performance for Multifunctionality
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Perennial forage mixtures are used in the feeding regimes of beef cattle producers in Alberta. This provides consistency in the supply of forage biomass and nutritive value to cover up lapses in annual forage supply, and adequately improve the performance of beef cattle. Additionally, perennial...
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Fall 2024
The video game industry has become a powerhouse in the global entertainment economy. Creating engaging, high-quality games demands intricate development processes and significant resources. As projects grow in complexity and scale, developers often grapple with demanding schedules, tight...
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Fall 2024
Distribution learning has long been a key area of research in computer vision. However, the potential of combining distribution learning with deep learning remains underexplored. To bridge this gap, this thesis discusses two proposed methods. The first, Differentiable Arithmetic Distribution...
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Fall 2024
In 1954, the Soviet government announced the transfer of the Crimean Peninsula to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Neither Russia nor Ukraine could have predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union less than four decades after the transfer, but it was consequential in determining the fate...
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Today is a Different Day: Exploring First Nations Emergency Preparedness in the Province of Alberta, Canada
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Polard-Yopek, Nathan Alexander
First Nations in Canada bear disproportionate risk posed by environmental hazards. Existing literature indicates that colonization and systemic underinvestment in First Nations have historically led to low levels of preparedness. As climate change is causing the impacts of environmental hazards...