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Fall 2017
Gholidoust Saraidashti, Abedeh
CO2 separation from flue gas streams is an essential issue as it is the main anthropogenic greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. Commercially used methods for CO2 capture includes absorption in liquid amine solutions which has its own drawbacks such as pipeline corrosion, oxidative...
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Profiling industrial air-pollutant mixtures and their associations with preterm birth and small for gestational age in Alberta, Canada
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Background Adverse birth outcomes (ABOs) are major causes of neonatal death and future adverse health outcomes. Gaps still exist in understanding the local distribution of maternal and social risk factors for ABOs, and the effect of air pollutant mixtures derived from industrial activities on...
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Evaluating degraded ballast and track geometry variability along a Canadian freight railroad through ballast maintenance records and ground-penetrating radar
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The majority of track comprising Canadaâs large railway network is constructed on ballasted foundations. As such, the accumulation of fines within the void space between the ballast aggregate, referred to as ballast degradation, is considered to be a significant factor contributing to the...
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Fall 2017
Background: Physical activity in children is an important part of a healthy lifestyle and contributes to the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity. However, Canadian children are not physically active enough. Weather conditions may limit physical activity levels, but little is known...
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Input Space Partitioning and Other Heuristics for Minimizing the Number of Corner Simulations During Design Verification
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The continuing reduction in the feature sizes of the latest CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) technologies allow faster, more compact, and more energy-efficient integrated circuits (ICs). On the downside, the performance of each transistor becomes harder and harder to characterise...
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Soil Mesostigmata (Arachnida: Parasitiformes) in boreal forests of Alberta: diversity and utility as indicators of disturbance
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Soils provide numerous ecosystem services, including provision of nutrients for plants, sequestration of greenhouse gases, and serving as habitat for soil animals. Soil animal diversity is immense, and many undescribed taxa still remain. One prominent group that inhabits soils is mites...
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Examining Intra-Personal and External Support Factors Supporting Academic Success in Post-Secondary Students with ADHD
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Young adults with ADHD are less likely to graduate from high school and pursue post-secondary education than young adults without ADHD (Barbaresi et al., 2007; Barkley, 2006; Molina et al., 2009). University students with ADHD, given their enrollment in postsecondary education, have likely...
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Spring 2017
Introduction: Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have been widely used in recent years to identify the new information on genetic variants which are associated with complex trait in many diseases. Advances in identifying the Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) facilitate the study of...
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Fall 2017
Advances in the development of unconventional resources have led to a surge in North American oil production. For example, tight oil production has pushed the U.S. crude supply to over 9% of world total production. Therefore, petrophysical characterization of such low-permeability rocks, has...
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Effects of High-Intensity Aerobic Interval Training on Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Health-related Quality of Life in Testicular Cancer Survivors: The HIITTS Trial
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Background: Testicular cancer (TC) survivors (TCS) are an understudied, high-risk group susceptible to late-onset treatment-related cardiovascular disease (CVD), psychosocial, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) deficits in the years following treatment. Importantly, despite having the...