Graduate Theses, Dissertations and Projects: Recent submissions
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Exhibiting Diplomacy: Art and International Cultural Relations in Canada
In this dissertation, I analyze Canadian cultural diplomacy through the international exhibition of art, with particular consideration for the various ways in which state institutions have utilized art as an expedient in ... -
Novel Sensors for Improving Reinforced Concrete Design and Assessment
The rate that reinforced concrete (RC) infrastructure is being constructed around the world continues to increase, placing significant stress on the environment. Thus, it is important that any inefficiencies in RC design ... -
Securing Vehicle Electronic Control Unit (ECU) Communications and Stored Data
Nowadays, the automobile industry is integrating many new features into vehicles. To provide these features, various electronic systems are being added. These systems are coordinated by different ECUs (Electronic Control ... -
A SNAPSHOT OF QUALITY PARTICIPATION IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: A PHOTO ELICITATION STUDY
Not only do adults with disabilities have a right to participate, they have the right to full participation. Enabling full participation means having access to and engaging in a range of opportunities that are satisfying ... -
Characterization of insulin signaling in a Caenorhabditis elegans Alzheimer’s disease model
Insulin is a key hormone in the regulation of blood glucose levels in many animals. Dysfunctional insulin signaling is one of the leading mechanisms of interest for the pathogenesis of diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). ... -
Music Production and Cultural Entrepreneurship in today’s Havana: Elephants in the Room
Cultural production and entrepreneurship are two major components of today’s global economic system as well as important drivers of social development. Recently, Cuba has introduced substantial reforms to its socialist ... -
A COGNITIVE-MOTIVATIONAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING GENDERED SEXUAL RESPONSE: THE ROLE OF ATTENTIONAL MECHANISMS
Sexual arousal involves changes in physiology, emotions, and cognitions, and is positively associated with sexual outcomes (e.g., sexual activity, sexual desire) and well-being (e.g., physical and mental health, overall ... -
Organic and Metallo-Organic Platforms for Nucleic Acid Recognition: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Biophysical Studies
In biological systems, the self-assembly of intricate three-dimensional nucleic acid architectures, from double-stranded DNA duplexes to four-stranded DNA and RNA guanine quadruplexes, is driven by non-covalent interactions. ... -
The Honest Man/L’Homme Honnête: The Colonial Gentleman, the Development of the Press, and the Race and Gender Discourses of the Newspapers in the British “Province of Quebec,” 1764-1791
This dissertation examines the new public world of print that emerged and developed in the “Province of Quebec” from 1764 to 1791. Using discourse analysis, it argues that the press reflected, and contributed to producing ... -
Enhancing the Performance of Pt(II)-Based Oxygen Sensing Probes by Expanding the Scope of N,C-Chelate and Ancillary Ligands.
A library of cyclometalated Pt(II) complexes have been established for their uses as luminescent probes for the detection of molecular oxygen. By varying the N,C-chelates of the OSPs (oxygen sensing probes), it was determined ... -
Promoting healthy urban environments for young Indigenous peoples: The case of M'Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Centre
Background: In the Canadian context, ethical tensions for health promotion in relation with Indigenous health have received limited attention. Urban environments are particularly relevant for an anti-colonial critique of ... -
STRUCTURE-GUIDED DISRUPTION OF THE PSEUDOPILUS TIP COMPLEX INHIBITS THE TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a Gram-negative bacterium, is known for its opportunistic way of infecting humans as well as other animals. Due to its pathogenicity, P. aeruginosa has been considered to be one of the top bacterial ... -
Statistical Inferences of Two-Stage Phase II Cancer Clinical Trials with Two Co-primary Endpoints
In cancer research, two-stage designs are usually used to assess the effect of a new agent in phase II clinical trials. The optimal two-stage designs with two co-primary endpoints have been proposed to assess the effects ... -
A Numerical Investigation of the Impact of Inclinations on the Estimates of Photometric and Dynamical Properties of Galaxies
We exploit N-body simulations (GalactICS, Illustris, NIHAO) to study the impact of inclination on the estimates on various photometric and spectroscopic quantities of galaxies such as sizes, surface brightnesses, stellar ... -
PRESERVING ACCURACY AND PRIVACY IN PARTICIPATORY SENSING SYSTEMS
Participatory Sensing (PS) is an approach that offers individuals and interest groups the opportunity to contribute to an application using their handheld sensor devices such as smartphones and tablets. These sensor devices ... -
Shift work, sleep quality, and hypertension among working adults in Ontario
Background: The epidemiological evidence supporting an association between shift work, and cardiovascular diseases and hypertension is growing. However, few population-based studies have explored the relationship between ... -
Autocratization of Parliamentary Democracies: the Case of Hungary and Macedonia
In the last decade, the democratic failure that appeared in parliamentary democracies in parts of post-communist Europe defies earlier expectations about democratic consolidation in that region. This doctoral dissertation ... -
SENSORLESS DIGITAL CONTROL FOR SOLAR DC OPTIMIZERS USED IN DC MICROGRIDS
This thesis presents novel control techniques to improve the performance of DC optimizers for harvesting solar energy in DC microgrids. The focus of this thesis is to implement a reliable and efficient structure to harvest ... -
Enhancing surgical education using video playback: A case study on the influence of video playback on the nature and experience of feedback between supervising surgeons and surgical residents.
Introduction: Feedback about intraoperative performance remains a cornerstone of surgical training, and yet perceptions of feedback quality by supervising surgeons and surgical residents differ. Video playback offers one ... -
Femoral Plaque Quantification by Ultrasound for the Prediction of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Symptomatic Men and Women
Cardiovascular risk remains difficult to assess, particularly in women. It is known that patients with ankle-brachial index (ABI)-indicated peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity ...