• An improved butanol‑HCl assay for quantification of water‑soluble, acetone: methanol‑soluble, and insoluble proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins) 

  Shay, Philip‑Edouard; Trofymow, J. A.; Constabel, C. Peter (Plant Methods, 2017)

  Background Condensed tannins (CT) are the most abundant secondary metabolite of land plants and can vary in abundance and structure according to tissue type, species, genotype, age, and environmental conditions. Recent ...
• SpADAM, an embryonic sea urchin ADAM related to vertebrate meltrins, is expressed primarily in mesenchyme, and functions in skeleton formation. 

  Rise, Matthew (2018-09-14)

  The ADAM (A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase) family of multidomain cell surface proteins has been shown to function in receptor-ligand processing, cell adhesion, cell fusion, and intracellular signaling. Several events ...
• Can Cold Brew Coffee be Convenient? A Pilot Study for Caffeine Content in Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography 

  Lane, Sarah; Palmer, Josh; Christie, Brian R.; Ehlting, Juergen; Le, Cuong H. (The Arbutus Review, 2017)

  Cold brew coffee is a brewing method that is increasing in prevalence. While it has been anecdotally suggested that this method may provide a more aromatic and flavourful coffee product, there is little research published ...
• A mechanistic investigation of hydrodehalogenation using ESI-MS 

  Ahmadi, Zohrab; McIndoe, J. Scott (Chemical Communications, 2013)

  The rate of hydrodehalogenation of aryl iodides with a palladium catalyst in methanol exhibits a strong primary kinetic isotope effect from both CD3OD and CH3OD, suggesting that deprotonation plays a major role in the mechanism.
• A multi-pronged mechanistic study of the phosphine-mediated conjugate addition of an alcohol to an acetylenic ester 

  Stoddard, Rhonda L.; Luo, Jingwei; van der Wal, Nicole; O'Rourke, Natasha F.; Wulff, Jeremy E.; McIndoe, J. Scott (New Journal of Chemistry, 2014)

  The conjugate addition of an alcohol to a butynoate ester using an organophosphine catalyst was monitored using pressurized sample infusion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (PSI-ESI-MS), together with 31P and 1H ...
• Potential near-future carbon uptake overcomes losses from a large insect outbreak in British Columbia, Canada 

  Arora, Vivek K.; Peng, Yiran; Kurz, Werner A.; John C., Fyfe; Hawkins, Barbara; Werner, Arelia T. (Geophysical Research Letters, 2016)

  The current capacity of northern high‐latitude forests to sequester carbon has been suggested to be undermined by the potential increase in fire and insect outbreaks. Here we investigate the response of the terrestrial ...
• Exploring the mechanism of the hydroboration of alkenes by amine–boranes catalysed by [Rh(xantphos)]+ 

  Johnson, Heather C.; Torry-Harris, Rebecca; Ortega, Laura; Theron, Robin; McIndoe, J. Scott; Weller, Andrew S. (Catalysis Science & Technology, 2014)

  The [Rh(xantphos)]+ fragment acts as an effective catalyst for the hydroboration of the alkene TBE (tert-butyl ethene) using the amine–borane H3B·NMe3 at low (0.5 mol%) catalyst loadings to give the linear product. ...
• The role of prezygotic events in the reproductive success of conifers 

  Rise, Marlies (2018-09-14)

  The purpose of this study was to determine if any prezygotic breeding barriers exist in conifers. Prezygotic events were analyzed for both in vivo and in vitro systems in conifers. The events that were monitored included ...
• Electrophysiological and neuroethological investigations of the teleostean optic tectum 

  McDonald, Craig G. (2018-09-14)

  Although colour-opponent neurons appear to subserve colour vision, precisely how these cells encode hue is still not clear. Single-unit, extracellular recordings from the rainbow trout optic tectum were made in order to ...
• Resistance mechanisms to Didymascella thujina (Durand) Maire in Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don, Thuja standishii (Gord.) Carrière and Thuja standishii x plicata 

  Aldana, Juan Andres (2018-09-11)

  Plants and microorganisms interact with each other constantly, with some interactions being mutually beneficial and others being detrimental to the plants. The features of the organisms involved in such interactions will ...
• Solving protein structures using short-distance cross-linking constraints as a guide for discrete molecular dynamics simulations 

  Brodie, Nicholas I.; Popov, Konstantin I.; Petrotchenko, Evgeniy V.; Dokholyan, Nikolay V.; Borchers, Christoph H. (Science Advances, 2017)

  We present an integrated experimental and computational approach for de novo protein structure determination in which short-distance cross-linking data are incorporated into rapid discrete molecular dynamics (DMD) simulations ...
• Population variation in the trophic niche of the Trinidadian guppy from different predation regimes 

  Zandonà, Eugenia; Dalton, Christopher M.; El-Sabaawi, Rana W.; Howard, Jason L.; Marshall, Michael C.; Kilham, Susan S.; Reznick, David N.; Travis, Joseph; Kohler, Tyler J.; Flecker, Alexander S.; Thomas, Steven A.; Pringle, Catherine M. (Scientific Reports, 2017)

  Population variation in trophic niche is widespread among organisms and is of increasing interest given its role in both speciation and adaptation to changing environments. Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata) inhabiting ...
• Implementation and calibration of a stochastic multicloud convective parameterization in the NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFSv2) 

  Goswami, B.B.; Khouider, B.; Phani, R.; Mukhopadhyay, P.; Maijda, A.J. (Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2017)

  A comparative analysis of fourteen 5 year long climate simulations produced by the National Centers for Environmental Predictions (NCEP) Climate Forecast System version 2 (CFSv2), in which a stochastic multicloud (SMCM) ...
• Relative equilibria in the curved N-body problem 

  Alhowaity, Sawsan Salem (Canadian Mathematical Bulletin, 2018-08-22)

  We consider the curved N-body problem, N > 2, on a surface of constant Gaussian curvature κ ≠ 0; i.e., on spheres S2κ, for κ > 0, and on hyperbolic manifolds H2κ, for κ < 0. Our goal is to define and study relative equilibria, ...
• Cationic complexes of the group 13-15 elements supported by N-, P-, and O-based ligands 

  Gray, Paul A. (2018-09-04)

  This dissertation presents the synthesis and characterization of a variety of neutral and cationic complexes featuring Group 13-15 element centres stabilized by N-, P-, and O-based donors. Unique aluminum and gallium ...
• Self-interacting dark matter of an SU(2) gauged dark sector 

  Liu, Ruochuan (2018-09-04)

  This thesis investigates the possibility that the gauge boson in a certain hypothetical SU(2) gauged sector can constitute all the non-baryonic dark matter. The gauge bosons acquire mass from the Higgs mechanism as in the ...
• Applications of Raman spectroscopy in radiation oncology: clinical instrumentation and radiation response signatures in tissue 

  Van Nest, Samantha J (2018-08-31)

  Radiation therapy (RT) plays a crucial role in the management of cancer, however, current standards of care have yet to account for patient specific radiation sensitivity. Raman spectroscopy (RS) is a promising technique ...
• Quantifying interannual variability in the condition of Young-of-Year Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) in the Strait of Georgia, BC 

  Pascoe, Emma Sybil (2018-08-31)

  The condition of juvenile fish relates to their overall health and is a strong predictor of survival and eventual recruitment. Condition can be quantified and interpreted in a variety of ways covering different time scales ...
• Coordination chemistry of Sb (III) and Sb (V) cations 

  Frazee, Chris (2018-08-30)

  The coordination chemistry of antimony(III) and antimony(V) have been investigated to reveal fundamental structural and electronic features. The limited scope of known cationic antimony(V) complexes was greatly expanded, ...
• Bayesian geoacoustic inversion of seabed reflection data at the New England mud patch 

  Belcourt, Josée (2018-08-30)

  This thesis presents Bayesian geoacoustic inversion of seabed reflection-coefficient data as part of the U.S. Office of Naval Research Seabed Characterization Experiment 2017 at the New England Mud Patch. First, a linearized, ...

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