Photonic crystals (PCs) are periodic material structures in the optical domain. Felix Bloch developed a theory that describes how electron waves behave in the periodic structure of solids such as semiconductors. The same ...

This thesis work presents a numerical study of the effects of fins and thermal fluid velocities on the storage characteristics of a cylindrical latent heat energy storage system (LHESS). The work consists of two main ...

Halifax Harbour is one of the world's largest natural harbours and has significant environmental and economic value. A good understanding of oceanographic processes is required for pollution control and sustainable ...

Abortion is a common and safe procedure in Canada, with the Canadian Institute for Health Information reporting approximately 100,000 procedures per year. Yet access remains problematic. As abortion is unrestricted by ...

The aim of this study was to develop and psychometrically assess an instrument to measure senior baccalaureate nursing student self-efficacy related to meeting entry level competencies required on acceptance to the nursing ...

This report describes how graduate students in nursing education have developed capacity among student nurses in response to the opioid crisis in Canada by using education on harm reduction practice and naloxone administration.

Impaired cardiac metabolism in the obese-diabetic heart leads to glucolipotoxicity and ensuing cardiomyopathy. Glucolipotoxicity causes cardiomyocyte injury by increasing energy insufficiency and by dysregulating proteolysis. ...

The distribution of the arctic calanoid copepod Pseudocalanus acuspes was examined during the summer (August) of 1990, and the spring (May) of 1991 in the waters of Barrow Strait and Resolute Passage, N.W.T. Water column ...

Three digestibility experiments were conducted to evaluate the nutritive value of mechanically-pressed camelina (MPCM), carinata (MPCARIM) and soybean (MPSBM) meals. Growth trials were conducted to determine effects of ...