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Featured Thesis: Caring for lhuq’us (pyropia spp.)
By Jack Baker https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/12149 An M.A.. thesis in the Department of Anthropology Abstract: Hul’qumi’num communities on south eastern Vancouver Island have concerns about the status and safety of marine foods potentially impacted by...
Featured thesis: Evaluating habitat use of female moose in response to large scale salvage logging practices
By Alexandra Francis https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/12093 An M.Sc. thesis in the School of Environmental Studies. Abstract: Global biodiversity is in decline as a result of unprecedented human alterations to the earth’s land cover. Understanding the...
OA books – greater usage and higher citations
Springer Nature | September 10, 2020 A new Springer Nature study indicates that open access (OA) books have a far greater regional reach, greater usage, and higher citation counts than non-OA books. It shows that OA books have substantially more readers in low-income...
Featured thesis: A smart bandage for the automatic detection and treatment of P. aeruginosa infections in burns
By David Hamdi https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/12103 An M.Sc. thesis toward a Master of Applied Science in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Abstract: Infection of thermal injuries by bacteria is a growing concern in the healthcare community,...
Featured research: Emergency remote education and COVID-19
A global outlook to the interruption of education due to COVID-19 pandemic: Navigating in a time of uncertainty and crisis By Aras Bozkurt, et al. Two UVic researchers are co-authors on this open access paper: Valerie Irvine and Michael Paskevicius. Abstract:...
Featured Thesis: Improving lineup effectiveness through manipulation of eyewitness judgment strategies
By Eric Y. Mah https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/11968 An M.Sc. thesis in the Department of Psychology. Abstract: Understanding eyewitness lineup judgment processes is critical, both from a theoretical standpoint (to better understand human memory) and...
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