This thesis was designed as an exploratory work to discover what types of materials were available for the writing of local histories in Saskatchewan. The Rural Municipality of Mankota, No. 45, was a test area. The sources ...

Rabbit Lake explores the concerns of citizens who testified at hearings held by the Rabbit Lake Uranium Mine Environmental Assessment Panel throughout Saskatchewan in 1993. The poems that form my thesis are both lyrical ...

DNA-damage tolerance (DDT) in yeast is composed of two parallel pathways and mediated by sequential ubiquitination of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). While monoubiquitination of PCNA promotes translesion synthesis ...

Drought stress is increasing as a result of climate change, and is thought to be driving episodes of tree mortality that have been observed in every forested region on Earth. In the western boreal forest, potential ...

The passage of particles such as alpha particles, electrons, and protons, or electromagnetic radiations in the form of X-rays or gamma rays, through a medium such as air or water, causes ionization in the medium by interaction ...

To control the insect pests in stored grains, conventional methods (fumigation, controlled atmosphere, hot and cold air, and ionizing radiation) have been applied, however those methods have major drawbacks (remaining toxic ...

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive and most common primary brain tumor in adults accounting for 50-60% of primary brain tumors. The prognosis for patients with GBM remains poor and treatment is mainly ...

In December of 2002, an organization called Clonaid released the news that the first human clone had been born. This company is the offspring of an emerging religious movement, the Raelian movement. Whether the story is ...

Diabetes is a prevalent metabolic disorder that affects various body functions and systems. Effects of diabetes on cognitive function have been reported in animal models of diabetes, particularly learning and memory ...