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A Deep Learning Framework: Land-Use/Land-Cover Mapping and Analysis using Multispectral Satellite Imagery
(Springer, 2019-07-17)
In this article, we present an approach to land-use and land-cover (LULC) mapping from multispectral satellite images using deep learning methods. The terms satellite image classification and map production, although used ...
Estimating the Economic Cost of Obesity in Canadian Populations
(2016-08)
This study aims to provide a more complete description of who suffers most severely from obesity in terms of both the prevalence of the disease and its associated costs. Literature estimating the cost of obesity is often ...
"This course is like paying to volunteer" or is it? Effects of a mandatory service learning university course on pre-service teachers' civic attitudes
(Faculty of Education, McGill University, 2016)
One hundred teacher candidates enrolled in a mandatory course on service learning were surveyed pre- and post-course to determine their civic attitudes and willingness to take the service learning course. Quantitative ...
Overlap-Free Words and Generalizations
(University of Winnipeg, 2007)
The study of combinatorics on words dates back at least to the beginning of the
20th century and the work of Axel Thue. Thue was the first to give an example of an infinite word over a three letter alphabet that contains ...
Passing the Buck? Examining Canadian Banks Approaches to Financial Exclusion
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2012-02-14)
The purpose of this report is to examine what Canadian banks say they are doing to address
financial exclusion by identifying what banks understand about its causes,
consequences, and solutions. Relevant bank-related ...
Automated LULC Map Production using Deep Neural Networks
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-01-17)
This article presents an approach to automating the creation of land-use/land-cover classification (LULC) maps from satellite images using deep neural networks that were developed to perform semantic segmentation of natural ...
Panhandlers and Winnipeg’s by-law: Perceptions and realities
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2013-02-15)
This exploratory qualitative research examines the impact of panhandling by-laws on panhandlers in downtown Winnipeg. Panhandlers' descriptions of their experiences make it clear that Winnipeg's Obstructive Solicitation ...
The parentage of Sir Justus Beck
(Notes & Queries / Oxford University Press, 2012-03)
This note demonstrates that Sir Justus Beck (1679–1722), 1st Baronet, was baptized 8 November 1679 at Amsterdam, as Joost, son of Jacob George Beck and Margaretha de Smeth.
Policy and Poverty in Manitoba – Budget 2013
(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Manitoba (CCPA-MB), 2013)
Stability of hydrated minerals on Mars
(Geophysical Research Letters, 2007-10-20)
The validity of recent identification of various hydrated minerals (kieserite, gypsum, hexahydrite, nontronite, chamosite, and montmorillonite) on Mars was assessed by exposing these minerals to simulated Martian surface ...