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Laboratory work in distance education
(Distance Education, 1982)A major concern in distance education is how to overcome the problems associated with laboratory components of courses. In this paper we review the general importance of laboratory work for students, summarise the ... -
LEARN: Logarithm Exercises
(2007-03-27)This is an interactive document consisting of exercises in evaluating logarithms to different bases. -
Letters to the editor: A Pulp Mill For Athabasca?
(Athabasca Advertiser, 1988-08-08) -
Letters: And where do hermaphrodites fit in?
(Edmonton Journal, 2005-03-06) -
Lice: they may be closer than you think
(Athabasca Advocate, 1998-02-03) -
LISTEN: Logarithm Definition and Examples
(2007-03-27)This is a narrative document on the definition of logarithm which includes examples of finding logarithms to different bases. -
Local Residents Voice Concerns About Pulp Mill
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May 25, 2007 Meteor
(Please contact Martin Connors for more information: martinc@athabascau.ca, 2007-05-31)The file shows a view of the whole sky on Friday May 25 at 1:07:20 am with data from 1:07:24 superposed. This shows the meteor track in the southern sky, inside the box near the bottom along with the start point just ... -
Medical research: a bettor's guide
(American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2002) -
More on those pesky mosquitoes
(Athabasca Advocate, 1999-07-06) -
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB)
(Newsletter of the American Arachnological Society, 1998) -
Noctilucent Cloud Videos, Jun 23 2006
(2006-07-23)Videos of noctilucent clouds (NLC) seen from Athabasca University Geophysical Observatory on June 23 2006. NLC are mesospheric clouds which are very high and lit up by the sun despite it being well below the horizon at the ... -
Nutrition and disease: challenges of research design
(Nutrition, 2002)This review discusses research methodology in the relation between diet and disease. Medical research can be divided into two types: complex research (the detailed study of disease mechanisms using such methods as ... -
Nutrition in cancer prevention: an integrated approach
(Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2002)There is considerable evidence that the war on cancer is not being won. There is, however, strong evidence that a substantial fraction of cancer can be prevented by using existing nutritional knowledge. In this paper we ... -
The odoriferous glands of some Palpatores Phalangida (Opiliones) (Arachnida)
(The University of Saskatchewan, 1971)The odoriferous glands of especially Phalangium opilio and to a lesser extent Opiliones parietinus, Odiellus pictus, Homolophus biceps, Leiobunum calcar and L.. vittatum were investigated by: external examination; dissection; ... -
A One-meter Robotic Telescope for Western Canada
(2008-10-11)1-m class telescopes are arguably the workhorses of modern astronomy and represent an excellent return of science for a relatively modest capital investment. Such instruments can be used in large-field survey work, ... -
An Online Mechanics Experiment
(2006-09-30)Physics distance education has grown rapidly in recent years. The theory part of a physics course taught in this way has much common ground with other courses. However, lab instruction is an important part of introductory ... -
Onsets and Flapping Studied Using a Dynamic Harris Sheet Model
(2007-10-31)We have developed a nonlinear fitting routine for the Harris current sheet based on magnetic data, and applied it to 71 plasma sheet crossings by Cluster. In most cases this simple fit appeared to represent the magnetic ... -
Optimization of Models
(University of Alberta, 1998)The parameters of model auroral current systems were described in the previous chapter. To model the currents at any given time, these parameters must be adjusted to provide an optimal match to the available observations. ...