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Perceptions of Crime Seriousness and Punitive Attitudes in Post-Secondary Students
(University of Winnipeg, 2020-11)
Public perceptions of crime seriousness and attitudes towards the punishment of crime stem from the social norms and values that shape society and are informed by ways of knowing about crime. Located within a social ...
Exploring Deep Neural Networks for Plant Image Classification
(University of Winnipeg, 2022-04)
Automatically distinguishing different types of plant images is a challenging problem relevant to both Botany and Computer Science disciplines. Plant identification at the species level is a computer vision task called ...
Chief Paskwa’s Pictograph: Revisiting Treaty Four Through an Anishinaabe Philosophy
(University of Winnipeg, 2020-02-23)
This research provides an understanding of Treaty Four 1874 through an Anishinaabe philosophy using Anishinaabe (Ojibway) research methods. Prior research conducted has been done by primarily non-Anishinaabeg, therefore, ...
N-Dimensional Polynomial Neural Networks and their Applications
(University of Winnipeg, 2022-04-06)
In addition to being extremely non-linear, modern machine learning problems require millions
if not billions of parameters to solve or at least to get a good approximation of the solution,
and neural networks are known ...
Analysis of Impact of Alcohol on Brain's Activity
(University of Winnipeg, 2021-11-30)
Electroencephalography is an electrophysiological monitoring process to capture electrical activity on the scalp that has been shown to represent the macroscopic activity of the surface layer of the brain underneath. It ...
It's JustiFlied: The Endogenous Retrovirus K Integrase Induces Motor Disturbances in Transgenic Drosophila
(University of Winnipeg, 2022-12-13)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of cortical and spinal motor neurons. Endogenous retrovirus K (ERVK) is a genomic viral symbiont that has been associated ...
Developing Criteria to Prioritize Rapid Removal of American Elm Trees Infected with Dutch Elm Disease
(University of Winnipeg, 2021-10)
During late summer and early fall in Manitoba, adult native elm bark beetles (NEBB) that carry Dutch Elm Disease (DED) emerge from brood galleries in the canopy and upper trunk of infected elm trees and move to the base ...
A Spatial Analysis Evaluation of DeltaGard®20EW Operational Efficacy in Winnipeg, Manitoba for Adult Mosquito Control
(University of Winnipeg, 2022-08-31)
Background: Mosquito abatement includes the management and surveillance of nuisance and potential vector mosquitoes. The major nuisance mosquito in Winnipeg, Manitoba is Ae. vexans, a floodwater mosquito. The City of ...
The Significance of a Relations-based Approach to Indigenous Research Ethics and Indigenous Data Sovereignty
(University of Winnipeg, 2020-12-08)
BACKGROUND: Indigenous people have been increasingly asserting self-determination in research to “research ourselves back to life”. There is a current knowledge gap regarding how gender is considered in Indigenous research ...
Long-Range Dispersal Behaviour and Spatial Distribution Modelling of Adult Mosquitoes in the Winnipeg Region
(University of Winnipeg, 2020-12-15)
Mosquitoes are present in virtually every nation worldwide, acting as both a vector for many serious pathogens, and as a nuisance because of their blood-feeding behaviours. As a principle of Integrated Mosquito Management ...