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50,000 years of paleoenvironmental change recorded in meteoric waters and coeval paleoecological and cryostratigraphic indicators from the Klondike goldfields, Yukon, Canada
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A 50,000 year record of meteoric water isotopes (δ2H/δ18O) and paleoenvironmental conditions is presented from syngenetic ice-rich permafrost and macrofossils from eight sites in the Klondike area of central Yukon. Four sedimentary units are recognized based on cryostratigraphy, paleoecological...
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A Community-Driven Usability Evaluation: The Case of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region Digital Library
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Stobbs, Robyn, Shiri, Ali, Farnel, Sharon, Cockney, Cathy, Rathi, Dinesh, Campbell, Sandy
This paper reports a usability evaluation study of the Digital Library North prototype that was conducted in May 2016. It proposes a culturally-aware and community-informed approach to the usability of digital libraries for Northern communities in Canada along with the emerging themes and the...
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2010-01-01
Chatwood, Susan, Young, T. Kue
"Over the past four years, despite low resource allocations to the North, northern residents and community organizations have taken significant initiatives towards the development of health research. In this commentary, we present a model for the development of northern health research based on...
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Access and Benefits Sharing of Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge in Northern Canada: Understanding the Legal Environment and Creating Effective Research Agreements
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Guebert, Jenilee, Bubela, Tania, Jardine, Cynthia, Geary, Janis
Background. Research in northern Canada focused on Aboriginal peoples has historically benefited academia with little consideration for the people being researched or their traditional knowledge (TK). Although this attitude is changing, the complexity of TK makes it difficult to develop...
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Spring 2012
Gold and silver dressing alloys were created by DC magnetron sputtering and compared with pure silver nanocrystalline dressings using conventional biological and physical characterization techniques. While the gold/silver dressings were weaker antimicrobials than the pure silver nanocrystalline...
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Fall 2011
Air Separation is the largest industrial separation process in the world in which air is separated to its primary constituents including, nitrogen, oxygen, and argon. Technical gases are applied in many important industries such as steel industry, chemical processes, oil and gas production,...
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An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Freight Delivery Schedule Strategies on the Mackenzie River
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The Mackenzie River is a major freight transportation route serving many remote northern Canadian communities and mining sites. The river is only navigable during the summer and early fall months, when it is clear of ice. However, the water conditions of this river have changed significantly in...
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Aquatic nanotoxicity testing: Insights at the biochemical, cellular, and whole animal levels
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Aquatic organisms are susceptible to waterborne nanoparticles and there is only limited understanding of the mechanisms by which these emerging contaminants affect biological processes. The unique properties of nanomaterials necessitate evaluation of standard toxicity testing techniques to...