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2021-08-11
Katie Walline, Dr. Lisa Willis
The biological differences between males and females are significant yet too often overlooked. In research and clinical studies, sex differences are often not taken into consideration. However, glycobiology and immunology are starting to shift. Recent studies in glycobiology show that male and...
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A cross-cultural comparison of scientific language use: Indigenous and Eurocentric discourse on issues regarding caribou in the North
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This work is an attempt to understand and lessen the borders that exist between Indigenous knowledge and Eurocentric science. I contend that the two groups represent distinct cultures and that it is important to look at the differences and similarities that occur in language use as the two...
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2021-08-01
Irene Olayinka, Calarina Muslimani, Dr. Matthew Taylor
Although this report deals with the mechanisms of artificially intelligent rather than intelligence agents, the former is no less a subject of fascination. My research centred around an algorithm called Training an Agent Manually via Evaluative Reinforcement (TAMER), which incorporates human...
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09/24/2021
SSHRC IG awarded 2022: Videogames offer tremendous potential for more meaningful interactions with music and sound, but in most cases, the role that sound and music plays is subservient to the story or game world, rather than being a point of exploration in and of itself. What if composers...
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2018-04-01
A comparative study was conducted by a first year InSciTE student, Jennifer Wong to observe the results of facultative anaerobic bacteria taken from yogurt on the formation of rust. This comparison was done by comparing the difference in mean mass of both the pre and post-experiment nail weights...
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Enhancing Learning Through The Use Of Graphic Organizers to Teach Science to Grade Eleven Students in Jamaica
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This study investigated the effectiveness of using concept mapping via the web-based software Inspiration to teach grade 11 students ‘Nutrition in Humans’. The sample consisted of 60 students, with an average age 16.4 years who were enrolled in a co-ed high school in western Jamaica. Three...
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2013
This essay analyzes and develops recent views about explanation in biology. Philosophers of biology have parted with the received deductive-nomological model of scientific explanation primarily by attempting to capture actual biological theorizing and practice. This includes an endorsement of...
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Fall 2009
Using Roberts’ seven science curriculum emphases as a framework, an investigation into Alberta’s physics program-of-study revealed pre-service, novice, and experienced teachers tended to focus on the emphasis Structure of Science. Other aspects of the program-of-study that was a high priority for...
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2023-11-01
SSHRC CG awarded 2024: Society, in the early twenty-first century, has been shaped by new knowledge of genomics, also known as the science of DNA, yet Indigenous peoples remain underrepresented in research and leadership roles in genome and other science, technology, math, and engineering fields....