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Blood-brain barrier permeability following intracerebral hemorrhage is related to local ion dyshomeostasis
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Background: Increased blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability is seen after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Following ICH, BBB dysfunction occurs due to direct (e.g. mechanical damage) and indirect (e.g. inflammation) injury. Damage to the BBB prevents maintenance of brain homeostasis. This thesis...
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Brain and behavioural reflections of distracted driving associated with emotion processing and social factors
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Driving is a complex task that requires a high level of attention for the safe operation of a motor vehicle. However, the human attention system is limited in capacity, and distraction arises when there is a competition for attention from non-driving related activities. When insufficient...
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Breaking the vicious cycle of language barriers: Growth language-mindsets improve communication experience for migrant university students
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Language mindsets have been found to play an important role in learners’ motivation and resilience in language learning classrooms (Lou & Noels, 2016, 2017; Mercer & Ryan, 2010). This dissertation aims to understand whether and how language mindsets are also important in understanding the social...
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Canadians’ Anti-Masking Attitudes on Twitter During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Several countries recommended universal masking as a preventive health measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 before public health officials in Canada started endorsing public mask wearing. In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, public use of face masks was controversial. Many...
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Changing Language Learning Mindsets: The Role of Implicit Theories of L2 Intelligence for Goal Orientations and Responses to Failure
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Most people likely hold mindsets, or beliefs, about language learning. Some people ascribe successful second language (L2) learning to a natural talent or an innate ability that cannot be further developed (i.e., an entity mindset), while other people believe that L2 learning is a flexible...
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Chickadee behavioural response to varying threat levels of heterospecific and conspecific calls
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Chickadees produce many vocalizations, including the chick-a-dee call that they use as a mobbing call in the presence of predators. Previous research has shown that chickadees produce more D notes in their mobbing calls in response to high-threat predators compared to low-threat predators, and...