Designing smart materials with green chemistry in mind is a common theme throughout this thesis. Smart surfaces, i.e. a surface that can perform multiple tasks as a function of an external stimulus, have the potential to ...

The Hippo pathway is a signaling cascade that plays essential roles in organisms such as development, organ size control, stem cell differentiation and renewal, as well as important processes necessary for cancer development ...

Decision-making process involves sequential stages of sensory processing, perceptual selection of a target for the behavior, preparation of an action, and execution of that action. Superior colliculus is at the center of ...

Spectators routinely ascribe intention, personality, even an inner life to inanimate, contingently moving objects like puppets. Why do spectators do so? The prevailing semiotic approach is unable to bring light into this ...

The high-grade, polymetallic, unconformity-related, Cigar Lake uranium deposit, located in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, is the focus of a detailed mineralogical, geochemical and geospatial study aimed at geometallurgical ...

Chemical warfare agents (CWA) are defined by the Chemical Weapons Convention as "any chemical which, through its chemical effect on living processes, may cause death, temporary loss of performance, or permanent injury to ...

The Deep Geological Repository (DGR) concept is the proposed solution for the long-term storage of nuclear waste in Canada. While site selection processes are currently underway for high-level waste storage, a low and ...

The magnesium-based aluminum-zinc alloys have excellent stiffness to weight ratios, and may be combined by friction stir welding to expand the possible applications. The high aluminum alloy AZ80 in particular has the ...

Graphene is an ideal material for high quality nanoelectromechanical resonators due to its high Young's modulus, low mass to surface ratio, ability to sustain high in-plane strain, and unique electrical properties like ...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between movement behaviours that make up a day and self-rated health (SRH) in adults aged 60-79, while adjusting for time spent in all other behaviours. ...