BACKGROUND: The epithelial cell–derived protein thymic stromal lymphopoietin stimulates
dendritic and mast cells to promote proallergic T H 2 responses. Studies of transgenic …

We present a novel forecasting method for generating agricultural crop yield forecasts at the
seasonal and regional-scale, integrating agroclimate variables and remotely-sensed indices…

Exact inference is based on the conditional distribution of the sufficient statistics for the
parameters of interest given the observed values for the remaining sufficient statistics. Exact …

Asthma, atopy, and related phenotypes are heterogeneous complex traits, with both genetic
and environmental risk factors. Extensive research has been conducted and over hundred …

Supply chain optimization for biomass-based power plants is an important research area
due to greater emphasis on renewable power energy sources. Biomass supply chain design …

BACKGROUND: Young Indigenous people, particularly those involved in the child welfare
system, those entrenched in substance use and those living with HIV or hepatitis C, are dying …

Indigenous leaders are gravely concerned over disproportionate representation of Indigenous
children in Canada’s child welfare systems. Forced separation from children is deeply …

The collection of sawmill residues is an important logistic activity for the pulp and paper industry,
which uses the biomass as a source of energy. We study a vehicle routing problem for a …

Traditional methods of genetic study design and analysis work well under the scenario that
a handful of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) independently contribute to the risk of …

Background Indigenous women involved in survival sex work face multiple layers of
discrimination, criminalization and alarming levels of intergenerational and lifetime trauma. This …