Graduate Theses, Dissertations and Projects: Recent submissions
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Investigating the association between cortical morphological features and the properties of underlying WM tracts in healthy young adults
Quantitative measures of gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) can be derived from structural and diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to study the cerebral cortex and WM projections. Previous multimodal research ... -
Development and characterization of thermoplastic biopolyester compounds and their processing by 3D bioplotting
The objective of this thesis is to improve the properties of thermoplastic biopolyesters by reactive modification and blending, and to develop thermoplastic biopolyester compounds with suitable rheological, thermal and ... -
The novel application of sensor technologies to monitor long-term vertical track displacement pre and post rehabilitation
Track geometry irregularities may induce travelling discomfort for passengers, vibration and noise, and critically redistribution of wheel loads causing derailments. To better understand the track deterioration mechanisms ... -
Developing and Employing a Behavioral Platform to Characterize a non-human Primate Model of Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease and with shifting demographics, the number of affected individuals is estimated to increase dramatically. While a great deal of resources has been dedicated ... -
Arsenic mobility in a changing northern climate: Implications for geochemical baselines and long-term stability of contaminants in lake systems
Climate change is influencing the biogeochemical dynamics of lake systems in northern Canada. These changes may affect the loading and cycling of naturally occurring metal(loid)s and the long-term stability of mining-derived ... -
Migrating web Applications from SQL to NoSQL Databases
In the Big Data era, data is emerging dramatically and the structure of data is becoming increasingly flexible. Non-Relational databases, such as the NoSQL class of Databases, are playing a major role as an enabler technology ... -
Kinetics and Modeling of Radical Copolymerization of Water-Soluble Cationic Monomers
Polyelectrolytes (PELs) are a special class of charged water-soluble polymers utilized in both consumer and industrial applications such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, waste-water treatment, flocculating agents, oil drilling ... -
Synthesis and Verification of Models using Satisfiability Modulo Theories
Model-driven development (MDD) advocates using models as the primary software development artifacts in place of source code. Automatic synthesis and verification of models are essential to simplify the process of creation ... -
Celebrations everywhere: How social movements enact emotional culture to advance an ideology of local production
I investigate how social movements enact emotional culture to advance an ideology of local production in the context of local food initiatives in a small city in Canada. In Localtown, a local food movement conducts initiatives ... -
Mythical Families: the Small Family Norm and Everyday Governance of Population in India, 1954-1977
In the first two decades of decolonization in India, the slogan ‘Hum Do Hamare Do’ (we two, our two) and its associated symbol ‘red triangle’ became synonymous with the nuclear family. This project traces the creation and ... -
Testing A Full-Scale Reinforced Concrete Bridge Deck with GFRP and Steel Reinforcement Using Cyclic Pulsating and Rolling Loads
The repair and replacement of bridge decks represents a large portion of infrastructure spending. Gaining a better understanding of bridge deck behaviour through more representative vehicular loading can lead to a reduction ... -
Investigating the Efficacy of a Combination Therapy and a Nanopolymer-Mediated Drug Delivery Approach to Treat Pancreatic and Breast Cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most challenging malignancies to treat clinically. The current standard of care for a possible cure requires surgery; however, only a small subset of patients is eligible ... -
Development of a Screening Platform for Angiogenic Drug Delivery Systems Using Zebrafish Embryos
The development of an angiogenic drug delivery system requires in vitro and in vivo testing before the system can used to treat a disease or condition. The zebrafish embryo is a promising animal model for screening potential ... -
Effects of peripherality and hybridization on range-wide genetic structure of the coastal dune plant Abronia umbellata (Nyctaginaceae)
The pattern of genetic variation across a species range may give insight into geographic variation in adaptive capacity and hence, conservation priority. For this reason, determining the factors that may influence range-wide ... -
Environmental Characterization of Waste Rock and Tailings from a Carbonatite- Hosted Niobium and Rare Earth Element Deposit
Rare earth elements (REEs) have become essential in green energy and high-tech applications and the development of new REE mines is expected in the coming years. There is currently little published research on the behaviour ... -
Electrical and Thermal Design of High Efficiency and High Power Density Power Converters
This thesis investigates high power density power converters from two approaches: electrical circuit and module design, and thermal management and mitigation. Three specific topics are studied in this thesis: Point-of-Load ... -
The Effects of Self-Guided Meditation and Napping on Memory Consolidation in Humans
Numerous studies have reported that, compared to an equivalent period of wakefulness, post-training sleep (overnight or daytime naps) benefits memory consolidation (Diekelmann & Born, 2010; Mednick, Nakayama, & Stickgold, ... -
Assessing the impact and delivery of the Transformational Coaching Workshop in Para sport
Few evidence-informed coach development programs are available for coaches of athletes with a disability (CAWAD; Cheon et al., 2015). Additionally, there is a general need to use behaviour change theories in designing and ... -
Examination of Psychological Factors in Chronic Pelvic Pain
Many forms of chronic pelvic pain have no specific etiology or curative treatment. Catastrophizing, behavioural coping strategies, and depressive symptoms have all been noted in the chronic pain literature for their negative ... -
Coding body and world for reaching movements
To reach to visual targets, we need to transform the visual representation into the coordinate system of the moving arm, i.e. coordinate transformations. Varying body postures such as lying or rolling the head leads to ...