Browsing Scholarly Contributions by Type "technical report"
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2007 LibQUAL+™ Survey @ Queen's: Findings and Actions
(2008-05-05)Summary of the finding from the 2007 Queen's LibQUAL+ survey and action items developed by the Library. -
Addressing the Needs of Homeless Youth Through Housing, Education, and Career Services in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
(2011-04-19)Youth homelessness is experienced by youth between ages of 16-24, where they are either homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. These youth typically lack social structures, stability, and sense of security in their ... -
AN APPLICATION OF SYSTEMATIC NATURAL HERITAGE PLANNING FOR BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL GREENBELT REGION
(2011-04-26)This report applies a systematic conservation planning framework to identity a network of lands that, if protected from development, could contribute to better protecting biodiversity in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The analysis ... -
Assessing the Bicycle Compatibility of Princess Street in Kingston, Ontario: Evaluating the Physical Environment and Roadway Characteristics of the Street
(2013-05-15)The objective of this report is to assess the physical attributes of the street and streetscape, quality of design and the general built environment on Princess Street and how these elements contribute to making the street ... -
Assessing the Economic Impact of an Oil and Gas Firm’s Head Office Relocation to Calgary, AB
(2013-04-09)Corporate head offices serve as the figureheads and decision-making cores of firms. For a variety of reasons, these head offices tend to locate in major cities. Cities themselves compete to attract head offices for their ... -
Bubble Growth From First Principles
(2016-07-05)We consider the simplest relevant problem in the foaming of molten plastics, the growth of a single bubble in a sea of highly viscous Newtonian fluid, and without interference from other bubbles. This simplest problem has ... -
Bylaws and Brothels: An analysis of Toronto's adult entertainment governance strategy
(2013-04-30)Planning for the adult entertainment and sex industry is incredibly controversial. Issues of morality, safety, and health all play major roles on where adult entertainment and sex establishments should be located in cities. ... -
Cataraqui North, A Case Study: Kingston's Experience With The Implementation Of A New Urbanist Secondary Plan
(2014-04-28)The late 1980s and early 1990s bore witness to the emergence of New Urbanist theories of neighbourhood development. New Urbanist development theory seeks to return development patterns to their Pre-War roots of grid patterned ... -
Chain Extended Poly(3—hydroxybutyrate) With Improved Rheological Properties and Thermal Stability, Through Reactive Modification in the Melt State
(2015-10-04)Branching and crosslinking of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is accomplished for the first time through reactive modification in the melt state, using dicumyl peroxide (DCP) as the free-radical initiator and a tri-functional ... -
The Chill of Outdoor Plazas
(2013-02-12)A comprehensive comparison of two outdoor plazas in downtown Regina, Saskatchewan under the premise of access, use, image, sociability, & climate‐conscious design. -
CISC 220 Course Notes: Linux and C
(School of Computing, Queen's University, 2017-08-28)There are many Linux books on the market, but many are not suitable for a single-term university-level textbook. Typically they provide far too much detail, or far too little, and don’t tie the material to basic concepts ... -
City of Kingston's Promotion of LEED Certified Buildings for Private Landowners
(2012-04-17)This research examined the City of Kingston’s approach to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program and how the City helps private landowners and developers with the LEED certification process. LEED ... -
Comparing Gentrification in Montreal and Toronto
(2012-04-10)Gentrification is a phenomenon that most urban planners are intimately familiar with, and it is a subject that has been documented and debated extensively within academic literature. Proponents argue that gentrification ... -
Comparing The Potential For Creative Clusters For Urban Regeneration
(2015-09-29)The transition from industrial to post-industrial economies has left many port and industrial areas, like Toronto's Port Lands, derelict and underutilized. Creative clusters have been turned to as an effective policy ... -
Complex Polymer Orientation
(2015-07)Previously, we explored the dynamics of a dilute suspension of rigid dumbbells as a model for polymeric liquids in large-amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) flow. We derived the expression for the polymer orientation ... -
Cracking the Code of Small Downtowns
(2014-04-28)From a case study of three communities and four study areas, the research investigates and evaluates four types of planning controls including a traditional zoning by-law (Township of Cramahe, ON), a hybrid form-based ...