The coordination chemistry of compounds featuring P-P and P—Sb bonds has been investigated to define the fundamental features of bonding in these systems. New reaction methodologies to form P—P bonds have been evolved based ...

The close proximity of net-pen salmon farms and wild Pacific salmon stocks in British Columbia (BC) is an incentive for precautionary management of the environmentally and economically damaging parasites known as sea lice. ...

The restructuring of Canadian health care for more than twenty years has ushered in opportunities for growth in private home care services. Within this socio-economic reality, some seniors and families feeling the impacts ...

New survey data indicate that injection drug users (IDU) in Victoria, BC who share syringes do so with a single person. These partnerships pose an obvious health risk to IDU, as blood borne illnesses are transmitted ...

Our understanding of the global marine xed nitrogen budget has undergone rapid growth, and as a result there is debate as to whether or not it is balanced. The Arctic plays a disproportionately large role in the sink ...

Accurate radiative transfer calculation is fundamental to all climate modelling. For deep palaeoclimate, and increasingly terrestrial exoplanet climate science, this brings both the joy and the challenge of exotic atmospheric ...

The devastation of AIDS has brought recognition of the need for end-of-life care in Uganda. Despite the fact that palliative care is included in the national health plan, access to care in the rural village is lacking. The ...

Background: The use of palliative radiotherapy (PRT) is variable in advanced cancer. Little is known about PRT utilization by end-of-life (EOL) cancer patients in Canada. This study examined the PRT utilization rates and ...

This thesis explains the origins of the 1936 Hull-Alfaro Treaty between Panama and the United States. It examines how Panamanian politics and Panama’s relationship with the United States changed over the decades leading ...