Browsing Graduate Theses, Dissertations and Projects by Title
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Ab initio Studies of Indium Clustering on the Ge(111)-5x5 Surface
(2007-10-29)This thesis reports an \textit{ab initio} study of the Ge(111)-5$\times$5 reconstruction, which forms on top of a Si(111)-7$\times$7 substrate. Detailed descriptions of the structural and electronic properties of ... -
Abandoning Equity Policy: (Re)membering the Queen's University 1991 Principal's Advisory Committee Report on Race Relations
(2011-01-25)“The most dangerous form of ‘white supremacy’ is not the obvious and extreme fascistic posturing of small neo-nazi groups, but rather the taken for granted routine privileging of white interests that goes unremarked in the ... -
ABC Miktoarm Star Terpolymers and Their Spherical Capsules Bearing pH-Responsive Nanochannels
(2014-10-03)This thesis reports the preparation of several ABC and ABCx miktoarm star terpolymers using a novel “assembly-and-reaction” strategy. Some of the prepared polymers were used to undergo another level of self-assembly to ... -
Aberrant and Alternative Splicing of von Willebrand Factor
(2015-08-20)von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most commonly inherited bleeding disorder in humans resulting from quantitative deficiencies or qualitative defects of von Willebrand factor (VWF). VWD can be caused by a variety of ... -
Ability to Extract Extrafoveal Information Modulates Object Processing in Naturalistic Scenes
In naturalistic scene processing, individuals adopt multiple resources to facilitate their object identification processes. For instance, scene context information contains many cues to facilitate recognition of an object, ... -
Abiotic, Biotic and Cultural Resource Survey for Land Planning Along the Rideau Canal
(2011-05-26)The intent of this study was to test a mapping method to determine its effectiveness as a tool for planning. The purpose of this tool is to display how policies create areas of protection around natural, cultural and human ... -
Ablation of Steel by Microsecond Pulse Trains
(2016-08-09)Laser micromachining is an important material processing technique used in industry and medicine to produce parts with high precision. Control of the material removal process is imperative to obtain the desired part with ... -
Abnormal inflammation in a rat model of spontaneous fetal loss leads to maternal coagulopathies associated with placental haemostatic alterations
(2011-08-10)Spontaneous foetal loss is the most common complication of pregnancy, affecting up to 20% of recognized pregnancies and recurring in 1-3% of cases. Abnormal maternal inflammation and systemic maternal coagulopathies are ... -
Aboriginal and Colonial Geographies of the File Hills Farm Colony
(2009-10-30)Canadian government archives have primarily shaped scholars’ analysis of the File Hills farm colony on the Peepeekisis Reserve in south eastern Saskatchewan. While these colonial archives are valuable for research, they ... -
Aboriginality, existing aboriginal rights and state accommodation in Canada
(2008-07-11)ABORIGINALITY, EXISTING ABORIGINAL RIGHTS AND STATE ACCOMMODATION IN CANADA: ABSTRACT The central focus of this dissertation is the relationship between aboriginality, aboriginal rights and state accommodation in Canada. ... -
Absences, Bias, and New Identities: the Representation of Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario Textbooks and Curricula, 1988-1999
(2011-11-14)Arguably, all Canadian students should have a profound knowledge of Aboriginal peoples’ contribution to Canada’s development as the original inhabitants of Canada. However, Aboriginal peoples continue to be marginalized ... -
Academic achievement, academic self-concept, and academic motivation of immigrant adolescents in Greater Toronto Area (GTA) secondary schools
(2008-04-08)This study examined the academic achievement, academic self-concept, and academic motivation of 573 immigrant and non-immigrant adolescents in two public secondary schools in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Multivariate ... -
Academic Integrity and Senior Nursing Undergraduate Clinical Practice
(2016-08-09)Background: Academic integrity (AI) has been defined as the commitment to the values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility with courage in all academic endeavours. The senior years of nursing studies ... -
Academic Loitering: Observations from Sitting in Three Toronto Parks
It is widely recognized that access to greenspace benefits the residents of urban centres in many ways. Correlations between access to greenspace and lowered rates of both mental and physical health issues have been shown ... -
Academic Self-Concept, Academic Motivation, Academic Engagement, and Academic Achievement: a Mixed Methods Study of Indian Adolescents in Canada and India
(2011-09-22)This study, employing sequential explanatory mixed methods research design, examined: 1) the academic self-concept, academic motivation, and academic achievement of Indian immigrant adolescents in Canada in comparison to ... -
The Academic Trajectory of Natalie Zemon Davis From 1955 to 2019
This is a historiographical examination of Natalie Zemon Davis and her contribution to historical writing over the course of her academic career. I examine Davis’ body of work from her first published article as a graduate ... -
Accelerated Convergence of Saddle-Point Dynamics
In this thesis, a second-order continuous-time saddle-point dynamics is introduced that mimics Nesterov's accelerated gradient flow dynamics. We study the convergence properties of this dynamics using a family of time-varying ... -
Accelerated Monte-Carlo Techniques for Modeling of Chain Architecture and Semi-Batch Radical Polymerization Process Optimization
This thesis introduces a new strategy to develop a comprehensive stochastic polymerization simulation with the capacity of considering the secondary reactions attributed to the radical acrylate/methacrylate/styrene ... -
Acceptability of the human papillomavirus vaccine among rural and urban women in the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
(2013-10-21)BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a global disease with a disproportionate burden among low- and middle-income countries. In Tanzania, cervical cancer is the most common female cancer and a prophylactic vaccine offering ... -
Access and Wait Times: A Geographic Exploration of Diagnostic Imaging in Ontario
Diagnostic imaging plays a crucial role in frontline health care, providing the information some physicians need to make a diagnosis and determine a course of treatment. Delays in access not only lead to undue stress for ...