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The Supreme Court of Canada and the Judicial Role: An Historical Institutionalist Account
(2009-11-11)This dissertation describes and analyzes the work of the Supreme Court of Canada, emphasizing its internal environment and processes, while situating the institution in its broader governmental and societal context. In ... -
The surface brightness distribution of Virgo cluster galaxies
(2007-08-22)We have acquired near-IR H and optical $g$,$r$,$i$,$z$ imaging for a sample of 299 Virgo cluster galaxies down to a limiting magnitude of B$_T$=16.0 mag. The low sensitivity of near-IR wavelengths to dust extinction is ... -
Surface Electromyography of the Pelvic Floor Musculature: Reliability and Validity of a Novel Electrode Design
(2011-02-07)Purpose: Intravaginal probes used for recording electromyography (EMG) from the pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) likely record activity from nearby muscles (crosstalk), and move during functional tasks, causing motion artifact ... -
Surface Mesh-Based Ultrasound Simulator For Spinal Interventions
(2013-07-24)Purpose: Ultrasound is prevalent in image-guided therapy as a safe, inexpensive, and widely available imaging modality. However, extensive training in interpreting ultrasound images is essential for successful procedures. ... -
Surface Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals with CO2-Responsive Polymers via Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization
Cellulose is the most abundant natural polymer on Earth. From cellulose, cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) can be obtained through various hydrolysis processes. There is interest in grafting different types of polymers onto CNC ... -
Surface modification of poly(dimethylsiloxane) with a perfluorinated alkoxysilane for selectivity toward fluorous tagged peptides
(2008-01)Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and similar polymers have proved to be of widespread interest for use in microfluidic and similar microanalytical devices. Surface modification of PDMS is required to extend the range of ... -
Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors: Novel N-Heterocylic Carbene Based Surfaces
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensing is a technique that is increasingly being used to investigate interactions between biomolecules due to its ability to be monitored in real-time and the lack of labelling needed. ... -
Surface Relief Grating on Thin Film Containing Azobenzene-Polymer Material Linked by Hydrogen-Bonding
Thin films of azobenzene-polymer material show unique photo-responsive behavior under irradiation with two interfering laser beams. That leads to generate surface inscription pattering known as Surface Relief Grating (SRG). ... -
Surface Water Classification and Monitoring using Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar
Surface water classification using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is an established practice for monitoring flood hazards due to the high temporal and spatial resolution it provides. Surface water change is a dynamic process ... -
Surface wave and storm surge prediction during Hurricane Sandy
(2016-09-21)Hurricane Sandy was the largest storm on historical record in the Atlantic Ocean basin with extensive coastal damage caused by large waves and high storm surge. The primary objectives of this thesis are to compare and ... -
Surgery, Anesthesia, and Risk for the Development of Dementia
As Canadians continue to live longer, more older adults are undergoing surgical procedures. These procedures can leave patients at an increased risk for medical complications, and there has been growing interest in a ... -
Surgical practice patterns and outcomes in T2 and T3 gallbladder cancer: insights from a population based study
Background: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a lethal malignancy. Surgery remains the only option for cure. Our study aimed to evaluate practice patterns in patients with stage T2 and T3 GBC and describe the association between ... -
The Surgical Procedure Feedback Rubric for Assessing Resident Performance in the Operating Room: Does it Work?
(2015-07-29)Competency-based training models in surgical education challenge programs to adequately document and assess trainees’ clinical decision-making, problem solving, and procedural skills in the operating room. While a variety ... -
Surgical versus medical treatment and mortality in patients with infective endocarditis: The effect of selection bias, immortal time bias, and time dependent confounding
Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious infection of the endocardium. Available evidence on the comparative effect of medical versus surgical treatment of IE is limited by systematic error. It is unclear if ... -
#surrogacy: Confronting the coloniality of Twitter and contemporary transnational surrogacy practices in India
(2015-02-05)"#surrogacy: Confronting the coloniality of Twitter and contemporary transnational surrogacy practices in India" begins to think about how the racial histories of modernity provide a lens to consider transnational surrogacy ... -
Surrogate decision making for the critically ill intensive care unit patient
(2008-04-25)The technological complexity of the ICU is often focused on saving lives however, it is frequently a place to support the dying. Because of the serious nature of critical illness, patients are unable to communicate their ... -
Surveillance Gone Too Far? Individual Reactions to the Use of Drones in Urban Areas.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), popularly referred to as ‘drones’, have increased in popularity over the past two decades. Various concerns have been raised about their implementation, primarily focusing on their surveillance ... -
Surveillance Studies and the Surveilled Subject
(2016-05-19)Surveillance studies has been somewhat inattentive to the perspective of the surveilled subject. It is the functioning of the surveillance apparatus, not the relatively inconsequential subject, which has tended to frame ... -
Surveillance, Subjectivity and Resistance at the Frontiers of Europe: A Materialist Analysis of the Greece-Turkey Borders
(2014-11-25)The Greece-Turkey borders have become one of the main points of undocumented entry into the European Union since 2009. The borders operate through complex elements: historical processes that shape their structure, ideologies ... -
A survey of police eyewitness identification procedures
(2014-08-26)Canadian (N = 117) and U.S. officers (N = 167) completed an online survey regarding their eyewitness identification procedures. Chapter 2 compared current procedures with each country’s respective policy recommendations. ...