St. Francis Xavier University

Feminist sport philosophy Greatest of All Time (GOATs)

In this introduction, we contextualize the special issue ‘Feminist sport philosophy Greatest of All Time (GOATs)’ within the sport philosophy field. We claim that, while we should celebrate achievements and new opportunities for women in sport, we must also continue to press for...

Maternal mirroring predicts positive behavioral and socioemotional adjustment beyond infancy: Interactions with an infant carrying intervention

Little research has examined how affective caregiving processes, such as maternal mirroring, interact with physical caregiving contexts, such as infant carrying, to influence later child adjustment. The present study examined whether maternal mirroring during infancy prospectivel...

Reported policy impacts through intersectoral action as a public health practice for health equity: a rapid scoping review

Advancing health equity is a priority for public health. As much of what influences health equity lies outside health systems, working intersectorally to intervene on the structural and social determinants of health is a foundational public health practice to advance this aim. Th...

Investigating variability and uncertainty in upstream methane emissions intensity estimates of Western Canadian oil and gas production

Variabilities and uncertainties associated with different Canadian methane emissions inventories representing oil and gas (O&G) production impact the life cycle carbon intensities (CI) (i.e., amount of GHG emissions per unit of activity or output) of O&G end-use products. We pres...

Ocean dynamics amplify remote warming effects of reforestation

Forestation, including reforestation, afforestation, and forest restoration, is prevalent in net-zero climate strategies due to the large carbon sequestration potential of forests. In addition to capturing carbon, forestation has biogeophysical effects that can influence surface...

Ultrafast Mechanochemical Synthesis of Plasmonic Transition Metal Nitride Nanoparticles

ABSTRACT Refractory plasmonic materials, such as transition metal nitrides and carbides have shown the potential to replace more expensive or oxidatively and thermally unstable materials composed of gold, silver, aluminum, and copper. The synthesis of transition metal nitride nan...

Entrepreneurship Educators’ Acceptance and Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence

Despite growing interest in generative artificial intelligence within entrepreneurship education, we lack theory-driven explanations of why or for what purpose entrepreneurship educators adopt these tools in their teaching practice. Addressing this gap, we refined understanding o...

Antifouling and fouling-release coatings with polysaccharides: a nature-based solution to a marine challenge

Marine biofouling presents unique challenges in various industrial applications. This has historically been addressed using antifouling or fouling-release coatings. However, issues with the leaching of active or non-active components with non-target toxicity have resulted in incr...

“As soon as it’s trying to be persuasive, my skepticism kicks in”: A qualitative study to co-design vaccine communication strategies with vaccine hesitant adults in Canada

Vaccine hesitancy continues to impede vaccine uptake in Canada. Few interventions directly engage hesitant adults in co-designing communication materials. This study aimed to co-develop and evaluate digital vaccine communication messages with hesitant adults in Canada to improve...