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2016-04-29

Trevor Van Someren

Using autobiographical narratives reflecting on personal growth experiences with wisdom traditions, this project examines how a school community can engage with wisdom traditions as a positive method of decolonization. The project reflects on how purposeful leadership is used to embed wisdom...

2016

Jacome-Sosa, Miriam, Proctor, Spencer D., Field, Catherine J., Vacca, Claudia, Nelson, Randy C., Mangat, Rabban, Reaney, Martin J., Curtis, Jonathan M., Banni, Sebastiano, Diane, Abdoulaye, Piomelli, Daniele, Igarash, Miki, Vine, Donna F., Shen, Jianheng

Vaccenic acid (VA), the predominant ruminant-derived trans fat in the food chain, ameliorates hyperlipidemia, yet mechanisms remain elusive. We investigated whether VA could influence tissue endocannabinoids (ECs) by altering the availability of their biosynthetic precursor, arachidonic acid...

2016-01-01

Burshtyn

Poxviruses generally limit production of cellular proteins, which provides a mechanism for natural killer (NK) cells to detect infection through loss of cell surface proteins that engage NK cell inhibitory receptors. In this study we examined the effect of active infection with vaccinia virus...

2016-08-01

Wang, Lei, Pan, Ruru, Xu, Bugao, Jiang, Shuangge, Liu, Jianli, Gao, Weidong

Crease or wrinkle recovery refers to the ability for a creased fabric to recover to its original shape over a certain period of time. It is one of the essential performance parameters for assessing fabric usability. The test method is standardized by the American Association of Textile Chemists...

Fall 2016

Nazarali, Natasha

Objective: To determine the predictive ability of the Alberta Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea (APOSA) Index for orthodontic treatment need in pediatric patients with obstructive sleep apnea symptoms. Methods: Thirty orthodontic records, representing a spectrum of craniofacial and oral features...

Fall 2016

Seraj,Mudasser

Variable Speed Limit (VSL), an active traffic demand management (ATDM) strategy, is widely exercised to improved freeway operations by influencing collective driving pattern during congested condition. Since high traffic flow coupled with elevated lane changing rate can onset congestion on...

Spring 2016

Tu, Xin

Block-oriented constrained sequence codes have historically been used in the digital communications and data storage industry. However, we contend that in certain applications, variable-length constrained sequence codes can be better than block codes in terms of efficiency and implementation...

Spring 2016

Garcia-Hernandez, Rigoberto

Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) pose a risk for foodborne illness that can lead to death. Thermal food preservation to inactivate VTEC also alters food quality. High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) processing has been adopted by the food industry as an alternative to thermal preservation....

Fall 2016

Gao, Xiaosheng

Sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA) is a common metabolic disorder in high-producing dairy herds. Diet formulation strategies can be implemented to decrease the incidence of SARA, but some cows in a herd may still experience SARA. The overall objectives of this research were to evaluate if...

Fall 2016

Tavassoli Kafrani, Mohammad Hossein

This thesis first describes the development of novel analytical methods for use in lipid transformations. It continues with the synthesis of vegetable oil-based polyols with high hydroxyl value (OHV) and low viscosity, an example of a lipid transformation. Vegetable oils are amenable to...