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Multidimensional peacebuilding: local actors in the Philippine context
(2018)This study contributes to the discussion of local actors in a zone of protracted conflict. Much writing in the area of local actors and peacebuilding has focused on conflict contexts in which international actors are also ... -
Russia’s Complex Civil Society: Exploring Its Role in Political Transformation and Governance in Tatarstan
(2020)Following the economic and political liberalization of the 1990s, Russian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) experienced a backlash from the new political Russian regime limiting their potential in political transformation ... -
Effects of model freshwater diluted bitumen spills on wild small-bodied fish at the IISD-Experimental Lakes Area, northwestern Ontario
(2020)Diluted bitumen (dilbit) is one of the primary exports from the Alberta Oil Sands Region and is transported across much of North America by pipelines and rail. The effects of this petroleum product on freshwater environments ... -
Elucidating the role of bone morphogenetic protein-4 in regulating secondary injury mechanisms following traumatic spinal cord injury
(2020)Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) initiates secondary injury cascades that include, but are not limited to, inflammation, ischemia, reactive astrogliosis and apoptosis. These mechanisms contribute to tissue degeneration ... -
Molecular regulation of mitochondrial dynamics in Anthracycline cardiotoxicity
(2020)Doxorubicin (Dox) is a highly effective anti-tumor agent that is widely used to treat a variety of malignancies. However, its use is limited by its cardio-toxic effects which can induce heart failure. The underlying ... -
A comparative evaluation of processing of yellow peas (Pisum sativum L.) with hot air and superheated steam
(2020-05-13)The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of hot air (HA) and superheated steam (SS) processing methods on the functional and nutritional properties of yellow peas. Moisture content, drying characteristics, ... -
Active noise cancellation using atrous scaled convolution recurrent neural networks
(2020-12-23)It has been proven that the external environmental noises affect the human mental health and performances of works. To avoid these detrimental effects, different passive and active noise control system had been developed. ... -
Stories Indigenous inner-city youth tell about school
(2021)This research explores the stories that young adults who are part of the Indigenous community in Winnipeg’s inner city tell about their lives during the years they were in school. Much has been written about the alarming ... -
Indigenous entrepreneurial capital: a grounded theory study
(2021)Rationale: Economic development among Canada’s Indigenous peoples is considered an essential part of reconciliation, evidenced by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) Call to Action 92. A key driver ... -
Evaluating the impact of diluted bitumen and secondary clean-up methods on the phytoplankton, periphyton, and zooplankton communities of a boreal lake
(2021)There is an extensive body of literature evaluating the effect of spilled oil and subsequent clean-up methods in marine ecosystems, but relatively few studies in a freshwater context. The Freshwater Oil Spill Remediation ... -
Behaviour of GFRP-reinforced concrete circular columns under simulated seismic loading
(2021)Columns in earthquake-resistant reinforced concrete (RC) structures need adequate confinement to exhibit stable seismic response with satisfactory level of deformability. Circular RC columns can be confined using spirals ... -
Targeting scleraxis combats cardiac fibrosis and preserves myocardial function in pressure-overloaded myocardium
(2021)Cardiac fibrosis is a major cause of arrhythmia and sudden death. Fibrotic myocardium loses its ability to contract and relax due to increased tissue stiffness, which leads to heart failure. The severity of heart failure ... -
Genome-wide association and genomic selection in Brassica napus L.
(2021)Linkage and association mapping are two of the most common ways to identify genes or quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with quantitative traits. The identified genes or QTL can then be used in marker-assisted selection ... -
Design principles and application of a wearable vibration device for individuals with proprioception deficiency
(2021)Proprioception deteriorates as a result of both healthy aging and injuries to the nervous system. Effective and efficient limb control requires accurate feedback from the moving limbs, thus any change in proprioception has ... -
The transcriptional regulator PsrA links to the stringent response network governing virulence in Legionella pneumophila
(2021)Legionella pneumophila, a bacterium widely found in freshwater environments including anthropogenic infrastructure, is an intracellular parasite of co-habitating protozoa, but also an opportunistic human pathogen and the ... -
Oxolipidomic characterization of ischemia-reperfusion injury
(2021)Hypothesis: Concentrations of bioactive oxidized lipids, such as fragmented oxidized phosphatidylcholines (OxPCs) and oxylipins, will increase significantly following ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) and changes in oxidized ... -
Characterizing and therapeutically exploiting chromosome instability induced by USP22 deficiency in colorectal cancer
(2021)Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains the second leading cause of cancer-associated deaths in Canada. To develop new treatments with enhanced efficacy, a greater understanding of the processes driving CRC pathogenesis is required. ... -
Structure and chemical durability of glasses for high-level waste immobilization: A solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy study
(2021)Borosilicate and phosphate glasses function as immobilization matrices for high-level nuclear waste generated from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods. The waste is highly radioactive and chemically heterogeneous, ... -
Identification and characterization of pentose phosphate and Embden Meyerhof Parnas pathway mutants in Sinorhizobium meliloti
(2021)The interaction of Sinorhizobium meliloti¬ and alfalfa is a well-studied model system for symbiotic establishment between rhizobia and legumes. The S. meliloti Rm1021 genome consists of a variety of genes involved in carbon ... -
The regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing, activity-induced splicing and adaptive splicing by DNA methylation
(2021)Many molecular bases for the long-term adaptive changes in cells remain unknown. Alternative splicing contributes dramatically to protein diversity and allows for the fine-tuning of gene functions in response to changing ...