The lifetime of a product can be measured in miles, hours, cycles or any other metric that applies to the success of a particular product. The lifetime distribution method is widely used in the engineering and biomedical ...

Multistage hydraulic fracturing along a horizontal well is the key to effectively recover hydrocarbon from tight reservoirs. Improving the hydrocarbon recovery requires detailed production information of each hydraulic ...

Results-Based Regulation (RBR) is a hybrid regulation that incorporates some features of a prescriptive regulation, outcome-based regulation, and co-regulation. Traditionally, the environmental activities in Saskatchewan ...

Biomass as a source of hydrogen production has gained great cognizance amongst researchers. The growing trend of energy is geared towards renewable energy sources for which crude glycerol serves as a viable source for ...

Rapid population growth and socio-economic development have caused increasing demands for water resources. In addition, issues of water scarcity and pollution are intensifying. The increasing scarcity of water could spark ...

Preference modeling has been studied extensively in the literature, and has applications in recommender systems and automated decision-making. The eventual objective of working with preference models is to be able to ...

The primary concern of this thesis is explanation of the drastic decline in church attendance that has characterized Prairie religious history, and Canadian history more broadly, over the course of the twentieth and early ...

Cerebrovascular physiology is a branch of study surrounding the relationship between the brain and heart. This relationship is critical for health, performance, and survival and must be maintained in a metabolically ...

Evolutionary theories posit that comparisons to others are essential in determining one’s relative position in a social hierarchy. Social comparison information can help guide behaviour in several ways, but has been ...

Numerous tight oil resources that are characterized by both low porosity and permeability have been found in North America during past decades. Due to the extremely low permeability, water injection has found its limitation ...