Although the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has compiled an unprecedented amount of photometric data on stellar populations in the Milky Way, it is not presently possible to accurately and consistently interpret these ...

Research shows that low levels of social acceptance, body satisfaction, and athletic competence increase risks for depressive symptoms among both girls and boys (Harter, Marold, & Whitesell, 1992). Little is known, however, ...

This paper offers a unique model for collaborative digital scholarly edition environments that features functions and possibilities associated with game-related play, challenge, achievement, and narrativity. These proposed ...

A galaxy’s evolution is quite sensitive to the impact of external influences. In this thesis, the impact of external environment from both large and small scale effects is investigated, along with a study of how the HI gas ...

The Canadian astrophysics program rapidly developed between 1903 and 1914, leading to the wartime construction of what was hoped to be the world’s largest research telescope. The institution opened in Victoria British ...

This study examines science teachers' beliefs and ideas about science prior to and following a one and a half day workshop on Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Witsuwit'en knowledge of science. It is part of a wider ...

Gaucher disease is an inherited disorder caused by a deficiency in the lysosomal hydrolase glucocerebrosidase. There is a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, with the most common features being hepatosplenomegaly, ...

Today, the world we live in is challenged with the co-existence of ‘prosperity and poverty’. In India, in particular, although we are witnessing staggering increase in various economic indicators, our Human Development ...