Digital Document
Shortage of clean drinking water is a serious problem faced by the world at present times, with water borne diseases claiming 5 million deaths globally each year. Many methods are available to treat contaminated drinking water; however, cultural,…
Digital Document
The provisions of CSA O86 (2019) for Cross-laminated Timber (CLT) shear walls recommend the design of non-dissipative hold-downs with sufficient deformability to facilitate wall rocking. A hyperelastic hold-down system was proposed to satisfy these…
Digital Document
Digital Document
Digital Document
Digital Document
The first part of this thesis investigated the growth-inhibitory and immunomodulatory potential of six wild Canadian mushrooms. Out of 24 crude extracts, six showed strong growth-inhibitory activity, two exhibited strong immuno-stimulatory activity…
Digital Document
Vegetation recovery on abandoned road segments of Highway 16 in northwestern British Columbia were examined across a climate gradient. The time since road abandonment ranged from 16 to 57 years on sites sampled. Plant cover on asphalt roads was…
Digital Document
The brain’s ability to make predictions has long been of interest to cognitive neuroscientists, who have used techniques including electroencephalography (EEG) to study this phenomenon. A component of neurophysiological activity, termed the Semantic…
Digital Document
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution is a significant health concern for the global population. The increasing frequency, intensity, and duration of wildfire smoke events continues to worsen people’s exposure, regardless of their proximity…
Digital Document
Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) represent one of the most significant recent advances in aquatic species monitoring. eDNA has the potential to dramatically increase the effectiveness and efficiency of fisheries monitoring across large…
Digital Document