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2003

Roland, J., Schmidt, B. C.

Abstract: To effectively monitor forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hubner (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), populations using sex pheromone baited traps, we field-tested pheromone dispenser (lure) type, lure age, and trap design using (Z,E)-5,7-dodecadienal:(Z,Z)-5,7-dodecadienal (100:1)....

2002

Campbell, Sandy, Fyfe, Debbie (Feisst)

Focuses on the use of one-on-one instruction in reference services at the Science and Technology Library at the University of Alberta. Changes in the reference service in the library during the later 1990s; Factors affecting one-to-one instruction in reference work; Training of the Reference Team...

2014

Shiri, Ali

The objective of this paper is a) to provide a conceptualanalysis of the term big data and b) to introduce linked dataapplications such as SKOS-based knowledge organizationsystems as new tools for the analysis, organization, representation, visualization and access to big data.

2022-01-01

Jonathan R. Potts, Valeria Giunta, Mark A. Lewis

A principal concern of ecological research is to unveil the causes behind observed spatio–temporal distributions of species. A key tactic is to correlate observed locations with environmental features, in the form of resource selection functions or other correlative species distribution models....

2021-07-01

Wang, Yingnan, Jin, Zhehui

Thanks to the continuous depletion of conventional gas reservoirs, shale gas plays an important role to meet the global natural gas demand. The CO2 'huff-n-puff' process has been proven to be an effective method to enhance shale gas recovery and sequestrate CO2. Unlike conventional reservoirs,...

2015-04-15

Wilson, Sheena, Anselmi, William

Christopher Nolan’s Inception is first and foremost a film that unveils for the viewer the process of creating cinema as art. Insofar as technological developments have accentuated the phantasmagorical in cinema, as illustrated by the use of digital manipulation in Avatar, Inception, by contrast,...

2003

Marchand, Richard, Lu, J. Y., Rankin, Robert, Tikhonchuk, Vladimir T.

Nonlinear dynamics of a dispersive field line resonance (FLR) is investigated in a dipolar magnetic geometry using a new finite element code TOPO. Time dependent dispersion and steepening of the perpendicular Alfvén velocity profile lead to the acceleration of dispersive effects and to...

2005

Kenny, Richard F., Campbell, Katherine, Schwier, Richard A., Zhang, Zuochen

The purpose of this literature review was to determine what evidence there is that instructional designers apply ID Models, as well as to establish what other activities and processes they might use in their professional activities. Only ten articles were located that directly pertained to this...

2007

Newton, M.S., Estabrooks, C., Adewale, A., Thornley, R., Norton, P., Birdsell, J.M.

Background: Canadian funding agencies are no longer content to support research that solely advances scientific knowledge, and key directives are now in place to promote research transfer to policy- and decision-makers. Therefore, it is necessary to improve our understanding of how researchers...

2014

Mager, Diana R., Chan, Catherine B., Ambler, Kathryn, Salawi, Hebah, Padwal, Rajdeep S., Ball, Geoff D. C.

Background Severe obesity (SO) in pediatrics has become increasing prevalent in recent decades. The objective of our study was to examine differences in demographic, anthropometric, cardiometabolic, and lifestyle variables in children and youth with SO versus their less overweight/obese (OW/OB)...