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1999

Cook, A.M., Cavalier, A.R.

Can young children with severe disabilities learn to use a robot to accomplish tasks? Can they learn that they have some control over their environment? What are new developments in robotics that might benefit these very young children? This article provides the latest in robotics-- exciting news...

1999

Nelson, Erin, Caulfield, Timothy

[I]t is time the Supreme Court of Canada reconsidered the question of causation in those medical malpractice cases where the negligence alleged consists of a failure to make all reasonable disclosure necessary to an informed decision by the patient on a course of treatment ... the rule in Reibl...

2009

Chapman, G., Bork, E,, Donkor, N., Hudson, R.

Field pea (Pisum sativum), canola (Brassica napus), turnips (Brassica rapa) and Berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum) were grown in north central Alberta to assess their potential yield and quality and to evaluate their utilization and preference by white-tailed deer. Herbage DM yield, crude...

2002

Chan, D. H., Morgenstern, N. R., Robertson, P. K., Imam, S. M. R.

Abstract: The relationship between the shapes of the yield surface and the undrained effective stress path (UESP) of loose sand is investigated for triaxial loading conditions. It is shown that the UESP can be used in the construction of capped yield surfaces for sands. The stress ratio M-p...

2010

Boateng, J. O., Comeau, P. G., Bedford, L., Cortini, F.

Abstract: We evaluated the effects of site preparation treatments on growth of lodgepole pine and white spruce in north-eastern British Columbia, Canada. These treatments can provide yield gains of up to 10 percent for lodgepole pine and white spruce at 60 and 80 years, respectively (estimated...

1993-01-01

Baumann, T. E., Eaton, G. W., Spaner, Dean

Eight day-neutral and seven short-day strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa, Duch.) varieties were evaluated on raised beds during 1990 and 1991 in the Fraser River valley, B.C. Among day-neutral varieties in 1990, total variation in marketable yield originated in fruit count (26%), total yield (18%),...

1996-01-01

Spaner, Dean, Mather, Diane E., Brathwaite, R. A. I.

Three local varietal types of corn (Zea mays L.)—an improved landrace ICTA Farm Corn' derived from the Tuson population, the open-pollinatedAcross 7728', and the hybrid Pioneer 3098'—were grown at three cash-crop farms in Trinidad, and evaluated as green corn for agronomic, quality, and chemical...

2016-08-01

Crawford, Craig

The Zac Posen illuminated fairy princess dress worn by Claire Danes to this year’s Met Costume Institute Gala was a media sensation. Constructed with LED fiber optics, the sky blue ball gown was so large, the actress had to arrive in a private hire bus.

2015

Zhao, Xin, Pourabedin, Mohsen, Guan, Leluo

Background The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance in pathogens have led to a restriction on the use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in animal feed in some countries. The potential negative after-effects of a ban on AGPs could be mitigated by improving animal intestinal health...

2000-07-01

Lupke Christopher

Literature of the 1950s in Taiwan was decidedly ideological in nature and dominated by mainland Chinese emigres to the island whose work tended to focus on their previous experiences in mainland China as narrated through the lens of the Cold War. The decade saw a surfeit of long novels that I...