Urban ecosystem service valuation: Exploring participatory greenspace planning processes that support more equitable outcomes for residents of the Greater Toronto Area

How urban residents perceive and value nature within our cities shapes how we manage it for current and future generations. Given the diversity of perspectives and beliefs brought to bear on an urban system, we can expect that not everyone will enjoy nature the same way, or for the same reasons. If democracy is our […]

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Immigrant Identity, Belonging & Integration in a settler society vs. ethnic nation

The research aims to compare and contrast the integration and ‘belonging’ of newcomers in Canada and Germany through following research questions: • Canada is considered to be a “settler colony”, and Germany an “ethnic nation”. How does this affect their immigration policies and integration of newcomers? • How do the newcomers identify themselves in these […]

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Photosynthetic acclimation of tobacco (Nicotiana sp.) under drought and nitrogen stress

Photosynthesis and respiration are major processes that influence the carbon cycle and will be impacted by future changes in precipitation. Short-term exposure to drought can decrease photosynthetic rates and growth, but plants can acclimate and adjust to water deficits over the long-term by changing their leaf physiology. The rate of acclimation may depend on nitrogen […]

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Modelling and Verifying Dynamic Properties of Biological Neural Networks in Coq

Formal verification involves with proving properties about a system to make sure that the system is not free of bugs. There are two main methods for verification which are called model checking and theorem proving. Most current approaches to systems biology rely on model checking. Model checking is more automatic but not as general and […]

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