Vol. 2 (2016)

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URSCA 2016 was held April 1-2 at The King's University in Edmonton, Alberta.

Published: 2017-03-14

Presentation Abstracts

Evaluation of XML Instance Generator for Testing of Web Services

Bryan Alfaro, Andrew Tappenden*
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Inexpensive Mobile Cheapstat Sensor for Environmental, Food and Clinical Chemical Analysis

Darren Berg, Orla Aaquist*, Samuel Mugo*
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The Algol Cam: Applied Astronomy Using DSLR Cameras

Dempsey Bolton, Martin Connors*
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Episodic Hyponatremia is Associated with Increased Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients

Ryan Brenneis, Darcy Visscher*, Branko Braam*
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Examining the Antimicrobial Activity of Plant Extracts used in Traditional Medicine

Chris Clarke, Samuel Mugo, Kimberley Harcombe
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Utzi the Iceman meets the New Periodic Table!

Tyler Deboon, Mckenzie Oliver, Peter Mahaffy*, Brian Martin
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Cost or Benefit? Using Pond Levellers to Mitigate Human-Beaver Conflicts

Kalene Gould, Glynnis Hood*, Varghese Manaloor*
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NMR Spectroscopy of Modified Nafion Membranes

Kelsey Gritter, Alyx Aarbo, Wes Verbeek, Kristopher Ooms*
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Adapting XML Instance Generators for Web Service Testing

Erik Haugrud, Andrew F. Tappenden*
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Mere Exposure Effects Presence of parasitic mites induce a change in the metabolic rate of flies independent of infection

Collin J. Horn, Lien T. Luong*
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Presenting Temporal vs. Spatial Information in a Meaningful Way

Tyler Kuipers, Andrew Tappenden*
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The Effect of a Buyer Agent’s Emotions on a Human Seller

Suuba Magai, Michael Janzen*
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Asymmetrical Lateralization in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Makayla Ohlmann, Heather Prior*
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Synthesis of Glycosidase Substrates Containing Self-Immolative Linkers

Carly Olafson, Natalie Marsden, Brian Rempel*
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MacEwan University Wi-Fi Analysis

Jimmy Prince, Alan Yong, Cristina Anton*
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Retrospective Review of Recurrent Rectal Adenocarcinoma: a Provincial Audit

Michael Taylor, Donald Buie*, Thomas McMullen*
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Phage Cd2 and Lactic Acid Bacteria, New Strategies in Food Safety and Quality Preservation

Kaitlyn Visser, Tom Doerksen, Heather Wassink, Katherine Welke, Leah Martin-Visscher*
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Hashtag Politics A Twitter sentiment analysis of the 2015 Canadian Federal Election

Amanda Mullins, Cristina Anton*

Poster Abstracts

Effects of natural soil substrate on greenhouse germination of Pinus flexilis

Sara Barszczewski, Vern Peters*
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Environmental Fate of Popular Anti-Depressant/Anxiety Medication Escitalopram (Lexapro)

Kendra Benson, Karen McDonald*
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Synthesis and Characterization of Schiff Base Ligands Derived from Amino Acids

Kevin Chambers, Anita Balogh, James Titah*
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A qualitative examination of severe disciplinary incidents in men’s soccer

Theo Chu, Colin Deal, Kurtis Pankow, Shannon Pynn, Christine Smyth, Nicholas Holt*
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Sub-Inhibitory Growth Effects of Seven African Medicinal Plant Extracts

D. Alex Crowder, Kimberley Harcombe*
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Optimizing procedures for genomic analyses of Beaver Hills canid scat

Katie DeJong, Lucas Nanninga, Phil Walker, Karli Witter, Keelaina Loewen, Sarah Van Woerden, Darcy Visscher*, Keri McFarlane*
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Muscle development and function in a Magel2 mouse model of Prader-Willi syndrome

Rachelle Eggert, Rachel Wevrick*, Deborah Hemmerling*
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Foundations in Curating: Designing a System for Cataloging, Preparing, and Accessing MacEwan’s Invertebrate Fossil Collection

Sarah Funk, Andreas Enggist*
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The First Inventory of Katydids on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Emily Grose, Samuel Stewart, Doris Audet*, Anne Mcintosh*
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Physiological Effects of Relaxing Stimuli on Heart Rate and Brain Activity with Respect to Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response

Liana Hamilton, Louise Odaibo, Heather Prior*
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Investigating the relationship between abiotic factors, canopy openness and understory plant diversity in three forest types of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Carly Heck, Jaynita Maru, Doris Audet*, Anne Mcintosh*
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Local abundance of leaf-nosed bats on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Kieryn Houlder, Jonathan Naslund, Doris Audet*, Anne McIntosh*
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Population dynamics of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata): A new invader to Alberta’s central parkland subregion

Paige Kuczmarski, Danielle Tighe, Melissa Hills*
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Scat Based Dietary Analysis of Beaver Hills Canids

Keelaina Loewen, Karli Witter, Sarah Van Woerden, Phil Walker, Katie DeJong, Lucas Nanninga, Keri McFarlane*, Darcy Visscher*
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Winter Habitat Selection by Muskrats in Southern Boreal Wetlands

Brianna Lorentz, Glynnis Hood*
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Computational Study of the Structure of Lactoperoxidase and its Active Site

Brandon Manary, Jorge Llano*
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Saliz discolor: Prospects for phytoremediation of lead and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Robert Matheson, Patrick Kamau*, Sheri Dalton
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Effectiveness of benzoyl peroxide application in the treatment of acne

Amy McMurdo, Karen McDonald*
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Creating a Cell Free Expression System for the Preparation of Troublesome Proteins

Wes McNutt, Leah Martin-Visscher*
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Effectiveness of benzoyl peroxide application in the treatment of acne

Carly Olafson, James Kariuki*
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The Effects of Osmotic Crowding on the Hydrolysis of p-Nitrophenyl Phosphate by E.coli Alkaline Phosphatase

Uday Parmar, John Chik*
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The effect of stimulation method and frequency on discomfort during neuromuscular electrical stimulation in the human tibialis anterior muscle

Sarah Rintoul, Raisa Kassam, Dave Collins*
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Carbonate mounds of the Green River Formation represent hydrothermal fluids within an ancient lake from Eocene Wyoming

Emily Schellenberg, Jennifer J. Scott*
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Spatial and temporal wolf distribution in the Beaver Hills

Phil Walker, Katie DeJong, Keelaina Loewen, Lucas Nanninga, Karli Witter, Sarah Van Woerden, Keri McFarlane*, Darcy Visscher*
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Identification of chemical inducers of metastasis-related cell differentiation events using peptide microarrays

Jessica Wickware, Edith Lin, Adhirath Sikand, Yubin Hao, Ratmir Derda*
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Towards purification of antibodies with light

Jeffrey Y.K. Wong, Mohammad R. Jafari, Yvett Yang, Ratmir Derda*
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Hare Today… Gone Tomorrow: A Methodology for Mapping White-Tailed Jackrabbit Distribution in Edmonton

Alexandra Zanussi, Waurner L. Adema, John R. Wood*
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