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Brønsted acid-catalyzed reaction of alkynyltrifluoroborates with acetals and ketals
(2015-04-01)
The synthesis of small molecules is crucial in the pharmaceutical industry for producing drugs or biologically active compounds. Specifically, the formation of new carbon-carbon bonds is of great importance in synthetic ...
A matrix-free numerical bifurcation method applied to sheared annular electroconvection
(2015-08-01)
We investigate the flow transitions in sheared annular electroconvection using matrix-free numerical bifurcation methods. In particular, we study a model that simulates a liquid crystal film in the Smectic A phase suspended ...
Sex and seasonal variation in hippocampal volume and neurogenesis in the eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus
(2015-07-01)
The hippocampus (HPC) is important in spatial memory and navigation and also exhibits adult neurogenesis. In wild-living species, HPC volume and neurogenesis have been found to differ between the sexes and vary seasonally ...
Characterizing immunomodulatory activity of lactic acid bacteria on cell types involved in innate immunity: analysis of the effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus R0011-derived milk ferments on macrophage polarization and of secretome effects on intestinal epithelial cell cytokine production
(2015-07-01)
Probiotic lactic acid bacteria have been associated with a wide array of host-immune modulatory effects including down-regulation of pro-inflammatory gene transcription and expression following pro-inflammatory challenge, ...
Beyond the noise: an exploration of informative sound design in video games
(2015-08-01)
Informative sounds in video games are those that are played with a functional
purpose. These sounds are meant to inform the player of some change in the
state of the game, be it in their character’s status or something in ...
Analysis of peptide production by Lactobacillus species and evaluation of their antihypertensive and immunomodulatory activities
(2015-08-01)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among Canadian adults. Research has demonstrated an inverse relationship between the consumption of fermented dairy products and a decreased risk of CVD due to ...
First principles calculations of transition metal complexes for artificial photosynthesis
(2015-08-01)
Nanoscale devices using transition metals have shown promise in the renewable energy context for their robustness and scalability. In artificial photosynthetic devices, light harvesting molecules drive reactions which ...
A numerical study of the effects of inhomogeneous media in diffusion weighted imaging
(2015-07-01)
Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) -a common Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique - is used to infer material properties of tissues from the average diffusion of water molecules over brief time intervals. In particular, ...
Exploring global dynamics in a low order model of parallel shear flow
(2015-08-01)
The study of the onset of turbulence in the flow of fluids, which are governed by the
Navier-Stokes equations, has produced some famous instabilities e.g. Kelvin Helmholtz
instability. An important, and as of yet mysterious, ...
Cluster-based target tracking in vehicular ad hoc networks
(2015-01-01)
Recently Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) have drawn the attention of academic and industry researchers due to their potential applications in enabling Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), including safe driving, ...