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R v NS 2012 SCC 72 – Assessing the Contours of the Freedom to Wear the Niqab in Canada
(2013-10-02)This thesis uses the recently decided R v NS to assess the contours of the freedom to wear the niqab, as part of religious freedom, in Canada. By criticizing the majority and concurring opinions I argue that, properly ... -
Racial Diversity and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Competitive Intensity
(Sage, 2014-03-01)The authors examine the mediating role of competitive intensity in the relationship between managerial racial diversity and firm performance (i.e., market share gain and average stock return). Racial diversity relates to ... -
The Racial Mosaic: Race, Cultural Pluralism, and Canadian Multiculturalism
This dissertation examines the intellectual origins of the Canadian federal government’s official policy of multiculturalism. The first half employs the methodology of historical biography and examines the life and thought ... -
Racializing Sexual Response: The Role of Identification and Racial Attitudes on Black and White Women’s Responses to Race Congruent and Incongruent Sexual Stimuli
Identification, or taking the actor’s perspective in a sexual film, is a strong predictor of women’s self-reported sexual arousal, and similarity between the viewer and actors in a film, such as similarity in race, is ... -
Racializing Subalternity: Space, Caste, and Gender in Muslim Mohallas of Lucknow (1947-1993)
The dissertation seeks to examine systems of racialization that produce the “Indian Muslim” subaltern biologically, discursively, and historically while bearing in mind the material consequences for the group circumscribed ... -
Racking Up The Twitter Points: How Professional Hockey Player Identities Are Affected By Twitter Usage
(2014-04-28)In this thesis, I examine the use of Twitter by NHL athletes to determine how and in what ways professional hockey players’ personal and professional identities are shaped by their use of this medium. I explore the current ... -
RAD9A Stabilization and Destabilization Processes in Checkpoint Maintenance and Checkpoint Recovery
(2015-11-30)The phosphorylation of the sensor-checkpoint Rad9A is essential for Chk1 activation in S-phase and during the G2/M checkpoints. Previous studies have demonstrated a late phosphorylation of Rad9A after DNA damage. Rad9A ... -
A radial basis memory model for human maze learning
(2008-06-30)This research develops a memory model capable of performing in a human-like fashion on a maze traversal task. The model is based on and retains the underlying ideas of Minerva 2 but is executed with different mathematical ... -
Radial Voting Based Keypoint and 6DoF Pose Estimation
A novel keypoint voting scheme named radial voting based on intersecting spheres is proposed. It is more accurate than existing schemes and accepts a relatively smaller set of sparse keypoints. Radial voting forms the ... -
Radiation Damage Effect on Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of X-750 Ni-based Superalloy
Inconel X-750 is an age-hardened Ni-based superalloy with high mechanical strength and creep resistance. The X-750 alloy is extensively used in the cores of reactors, such as spacers in CANada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) ... -
Radical Ambition: A Portrait of the Toronto New Left, 1958-1985
(2016-10-03)This thesis examines the rise and decline of the New Left in Toronto from 1958 to 1985. It argues that New Leftism — whose three leading ideals were self-management, national liberation, and community — arose as much from ... -
Radical Copolymerization Kinetics of Bio-Renewable Butyrolactone Monomer in Aqueous Solution
(MDPI AG, 2017-12)The radical copolymerization kinetics of acrylamide (AM) and the water-soluble monomer sodium 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-methylene butanoate (SHMeMB), formed by saponification of the bio-sourced monomer γ-methyl-α-methylene-γ- ... -
Radical Copolymerization of Hydroxy-Functional Monomers
Solvent-borne acrylic resins are commonly used in automotive coatings formulations due to the superior characteristics they provide to the final products. Hydroxyl-functionality, incorporated by selection of 2-hydroxyethyl ... -
Radical Interventions and Resistant Black Looks: Wangechi Mutu’s Transgressive Black Female Subjectivity
The 2000s were a significant period in the development of Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu’s critical praxis. During this time, Mutu utilized collaging as a means of facilitating complex discussions about the representation ... -
Radical Polymerization of Bio-Renewable Butyrolactone Monomers
In this study, a bio-derived monomer, -methyl--methylene--butyrolactone (MeMBL) was saponified with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to make the water-soluble monomer sodium 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-methylene butanoate (SHMeMB), ... -
Radical-mediated modification of polyolefins: investigation of the synthesis of graft copolymers
(2008-05-08)A range of strategies exist for the production of polyolefin block copolymers with well-defined morphologies for the compatibilization of immiscible blends; however, high sensitivity to impurities and use of expensive ... -
Radio Continuum Imaging of the Massive Edge-on Galaxy NGC 2613
We present the results of new, high sensitivity continuum imaging of NGC 2613, a massive edge-on galaxy 23.4 Mpc away. The high-resolution EVLA maps of NGC 2613 were observed at C-band (C-array and D-array) and L-band ... -
Radio frequency direct-digital QPSK modulators in CMOS technology
(2007-09-28)In this thesis, novel direct-digital Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulators are proposed in low-cost Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology for radio frequency (RF) wireless applications. ... -
Radio Frequency Identification as Surveillance: A Critical Analysis of Myth and Risk in an Emerging Technology
(2011-11-02)Radiofrequency identification (RIFD) is a significant player in the spread of computation out of the box and into the environment and is becoming a key component in what some have titled the “digital era”. In its capacity ...