Garry oak (Quercus garryana) and associated ecosystems (GOAE) are culturally and ecologically significant landscapes home to over 100 Species at Risk.With less than 5% of their original extent remaining in Canada, GOAE require urgent attention to guide management of remnant habitats and protect them from ongoing cumulative threats.The loss of top p
Angular Displacement Control for Timoshenko Beam by Optimized Traveling Wave Method
The vibration of flexible structures in spacecraft, such as large space deployable reflectors, solar panels and large antenna structure, has a great impact on the normal operation of spacecraft.Accurate vibration control is necessary, and the Baby Cream control of angular displacement is a difficulty of accurate control.In the traditional control m
Measuring Effective Tax Rates for Oil and Gas in Canada
The purpose of this report is to provide cost of capital formulae for assessing the effects of taxation on the incentive to invest in oil and gas industries in Canada.The analysis is based on the assumption that businesses invest in capital until the after-tax rate of return on capital is equal to the tax-adjusted cost of capital.The cost of capita
Cavemen were better at depicting quadruped walking than modern artists: erroneous walking illustrations in the fine arts from prehistory to today.
The experts of animal locomotion well know the characteristics of quadruped walking since the pioneering work of Eadweard Muybridge in the 1880s.Most of the quadrupeds advance their legs in the same lateral sequence when walking, and only the timing of their supporting feet differ more or less.How did this scientific knowledge influence Solar Cover