Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite the past century of intensifying control efforts and increasingly effective treatments, TB persists as a threat to global health. TB elimination i…
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Although the use of daylight has an important role in educational spaces, uncontrolled use of daylight can lead to some undesirable situations for occupants. It is generally accepted that recommended illuminance values change between 300 lux and 2000 lux in educational spaces. H…
Randomized trials are the gold standard for assessing causal relationships between an intervention and a clinical outcome. The challenge with randomized trials is that they are very expensive to perform, often take place at different times and locations, take many years to compl…
In-situ foaming the injection gas for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) can improve the volumetric sweep efficiency of the gas phase and reduce gas channeling and viscous fingering in the oil reservoirs with permeability contrast. However, the success of foam displacement in porous me…
The game of Gomoku, also called Five in a Row, is an abstract strategy board game. The Gomoku program is constructed upon an algebraic monomial theory to aid values for each possible move and estimate chances for the artificial intelligence program to accomplish a winning path f…
This dissertation argues that status quo bias in crime location choice has substantial effects on geographic crime patterns. Offenders often re-select prior crime locations when they commit crimes. Mainstream theories argue this is because such locations are objectively more sui…
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore the differences in student communication skills, student perception of fidelity, and student self-confidence and satisfaction between beginning nursing students participating in a high-fidelity mannequin based versus a stand…
Scallops were the third most valuable wild-caught marine animals in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, with a first-sale value of £69.7 million. Despite the high relative and absolute economic value of scallop fisheries in the UK, the majority are not managed based on quantitative…
Background. Homelessness has been expanding in Canada and internationally. It significantly increases mortality and thus is a public health concern. Housing First (HF), an approach that involves providing immediate access to permanent housing and individualized support services,…
Background: Simulation-based education has become the mainstay of clinical education in health sciences and medical education. A simulation-based education is a result of work hour restriction placed on graduate learners, increased number of students requiring clinical experienc…