Browsing Graduate Theses, Dissertations and Projects by Title
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Crustacean zooplankton sedimentary assemblages and the calcium concentration of softwater Ontario lakes
(2011-04-01)In recent decades, many softwater lakes on the boreal shield have experienced significant reductions in aqueous calcium (Ca) concentrations. These declines are a long-term consequence of acid deposition due to the depletion ... -
Crustal Stresses and Seismicity in Intraplate Settings: Relationship to Geology and Driving Forces
(2010-04-27)This thesis explores the relationship between contemporary stresses, paleotectonic structure, and seismicity within continental interiors. This is achieved by combining a variety of geophysical and geological data coupled ... -
Cryogenic Alkali Halide Scintillators for Rare-Event Searches
Rare-event searches such as the direct detection of dark matter require very low backgrounds, as well as large volumes of material because of the low rate of signal. Scintillators are an excellent particle detector candidate ... -
Cryogenic Scintillators for Rare-Event Searches
(2015-05-22)Rare-event searches, such as the direct detection of dark matter, of neutrinoless double beta decay and of the decay of long-lived radioisotopes, require highly-sensitive radio-pure detectors to measure extremely rare ... -
Crystal chemistry of the jarosite group of minerals - solid solution and atomic structures
(2008-05-08)The jarosite group of minerals is part of the alunite supergroup, which consists of more than 40 different mineral species that have the general formula AB3(TO4)2(OH, H2O)6. There is extensive solid-solution in the A, B ... -
A Crystal Plasticity Model of Fatigue of Dissimilar Magnesium Alloy Bi-Crystals
(2015-09-03)A crystal plasticity finite element (CPFE) model was applied to the fatigue deformation of dissimilar Mg alloy bi-crystals. The mesoscopic stress-strain and microscopic slip and twinning behaviour of the model were first ... -
CT Image Electron Density Quantification in Regions with Metal Implants: Implications for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning
(2016-09-22)In radiotherapy planning, computed tomography (CT) images are used to quantify the electron density of tissues and provide spatial anatomical information. Treatment planning systems use these data to calculate the expected ... -
Cucurbit[7]uril Host-Guest Complexes With Drug Molecules Containing Isoquinoline Groups
(2011-09-30)This thesis describes the host-guest chemistry between cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) and various guests that contain isoquinoline groups, including tacrine, papaverine, N-methyl papaverinium, N-methyl laudanosinium, 6,7-dimeth ... -
Cucurbit[n]uril host-guest complexes: the effects of inclusion on the chemical reactivity and spectroscopic properties of aromatic guest molecules
(2007-08-09)This thesis deals primarily with supramolecular chemistry based on cucurbit[n]uril (CB[n], n = 7 and 8) host molecules. The research has been focused on the synthesis and characterization of host-guest complexes CB[n] ... -
Cultivating Autonomy from Empire: Exploring the Edges of Anarchism and Permaculture
This project explores autonomy-oriented currents within permaculture and anarchism. Drawing on a minor current of Western thought influenced by Baruch Spinoza, autonomy is reconceptualized as a situational process that ... -
Cultivating Governance: The Production of Mushrooms and Mushroom Workers
(2012-02-07)This thesis examines how the liberalization of United States agriculture has affected the everyday experiences of labor, and laborers. Centered on a case study of mushroom production in Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, ... -
Cultural Brokering : Art, National Identity, and the Influence of Free Trade
(2008-08-21)This thesis explores the intersections of culture, nationalism, and neoliberal globalization through examination of the construction of Mexican identity in Canada after the implementation of the North American Free Trade ... -
Cultural Differences in Expectations of a Correspondence in Magnitude between Events and their Causes
(2009-08-17)Based on previous research on cultural differences in analytic and holistic reasoning, I hypothesized that when explaining events, North Americans would be more likely than East Asians to expect causes to resemble events ... -
Cultural Differences in Opportunity Cost Consideration
(2013-08-02)I conducted two studies to explore cultural differences between Chinese and European Canadians in considering opportunity cost while making purchase decisions. In Study 1, participants (121 Euro-Canadians and 119 Chinese) ... -
Cultural Humility and Transgender Clients: a Study Examining the Relationship Between Critical Reflection and Attitudes of Nurse Practitioners
Background: Primary care nurse practitioners (NPs) in Ontario are central to care for transgender clients in Ontario regarding social and legal transition, medical transition and referrals for gender-affirming surgeries. ... -
Cultural Politics of Resilience in Kingston, Jamaica
(2016-06-28)Recently, resilience has become a catchall solution for some of the world’s most pressing ecological, economic and social problems. This dissertation analyzes the cultural politics of resilience in Kingston, Jamaica by ... -
Cultural Preservation and Self-Determination Through Land Use Planning: A Framework for the Fort Albany First Nation
(2008-09-25)The Fort Albany First Nation (FAFN) in Ontario’s western James Bay region is interested in undertaking a community-based process of land use planning for its traditional territory, in order to respond to increasing resource ... -
The cultural relevance of diabetes supportive care for Aboriginal peoples offered through Ontario Diabetes Education Centres
(2008-12-16)BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes disproportionately affects Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Supportive care, comprised of services, resources or support designed to improve the quality of life for persons with diabetes is an ... -
Culture and Postdecisional Confirmation Bias
(2010-09-02)The present research explored cross-cultural differences in postdecisional confirmation bias. I hypothesized that, following a personal decision—one that entails consequences for the decision maker only, Euro-Canadians ... -
A Culture of Learning in One Non-Profit Organization
(2011-03-28)The purpose of my research is to describe and analyze the facets of the learning culture in one non-profit organization. Based on my reading, I define a learning culture as: the observable and unobservable processes, ...