Graduate Theses, Dissertations and Projects: Recent submissions
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A Comprehensive Multi-Level Control System for Micro-Grids Operating in Islanded Mode
This thesis presents a new control architecture tailored for single-phase Microgrids (MGs) operating in the islanded mode. The main feature of the proposed control architecture is its capability to improve the transient ... -
Access to Primary Health Care Services for Persons with Physical Disabilities in Rural Ghana
Background: A growing body of evidence has shown that persons with physical disabilities experience substantial barriers in accessing primary health care (PHC) services in rural areas. Negative attitudes from health care ... -
Communicating Places, Ideas, and Canadian Identity In A Changing World: A Social Biography of Thomas Clarence Cummings, 1904-1996.
Other than at his birthplace in Pittsburgh Township, Ontario, and his lived-in community of North Bay, Ontario, Thomas Clarence Cummings (T.C.) is a relatively unknown presence in the collectivity of those who have contributed ... -
Computer-Integrated Methods for Breast Cancer Surgery and Brachytherapy Guidance
Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death in women in Canada. Lumpectomy and brachytherapy are treatments of choice for early stage breast cancer, but the soft nature of the breast makes it difficult to ... -
Design of Nanostructured Nickel Hydroxide-based Materials for Renewable, Electrochemical Energy Applications
This contribution investigates the synthesis and characterization of nickel and nickel hydroxide-based materials with intended applications as electrode materials and electrocatalysts in clean, renewable energy technologies. ... -
Damage Threshold of Near-Cross-Ply and Angle-Ply Tubes Used in Concrete Filled FRP Tubes Loaded in Flexure
Concrete-filled fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) tubes (CFFTs) have been studied extensively, but a lingering question remains regarding the vulnerability of the exposed tube to accidental damage or vandalism. In this thesis, ... -
Monocouches auto-assemblées et nanostructures de métaux nobles : préparation et application au photovoltaïque
Au cours de ce travail, dans une première approche descendante, nous avons étudié la réalisation de cellules solaires multicouches évaporées à base de matériaux organiques : le pentacène et le PTCDI-C5. Nous nous somme ... -
Characterizing the Role of the RET Receptor Tyrosine Kinase in Colorectal Cancer
RET is a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) that plays important roles in both normal development and cancer. RET has well-established oncogenic roles in thyroid cancer and growing evidence implicates RET activity in the ... -
Investigating Subsurface Flow Delivery to a Small High Arctic River
Preferential flow pathways and hydraulic gradients along the hillslope-floodplain-channel continuum are dominant controls on the delivery of baseflow, stormflow and solutes to channels in temperate systems. Arctic systems ... -
Disengaged and Disenchanted Adolescents: An Arts-Based Case Study
The pursuit of creating valuable learning experiences for adolescents is a complex challenge. The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of a group of disengaged and disenchanted adolescents. I identified a ... -
Tracing Incense: The Affective Power of Objects
Incense has been an integral part of Chinese culture since before the introduction of Buddhism in the third century B.C.E. A rise in the popularity of Buddhist practice marked an increase in the importation, production, ... -
Recruitment Algorithms for Vehicular Crowdsensing Networks
Vehicular crowdsensing aims to utilize the plethora of onboard sensors and resources on smart vehicles to gather sensing data in a large coverage area. Due to vehicles’ predictable mobility, roadside service providers can ... -
Coping with Thermal Challenges: Reaction Norms of Life History Traits of a Burying Beetles with Biparental Care
To succeed and thrive in different environments, individuals can express plastic phenotypes, including life history traits, to ensure some level of fitness across conditions. As such, the plasticity of traits is central ... -
Nonlinear Adaptive Droop Control Method for the Battery Storage Systems Operating in DC Microgrids
Conventional sources of energy like coal, gas, and oil are being depleted and renewable sources of energy are needed to meet ever-increasing energy demands. Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) like solar and wind can be ... -
Virtutello: Balancing Physical and Digital Interaction in a Mixed Reality Sculpting Tool
Sculpture is an art form dating back over millennia. More recently, 3D digital sculptures are used in video games, movies, and manufacturing. Traditionally, sculptors have used their hands and tools to shape wood, clay, ... -
Catheter Ablation of Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation: Impact on Physical Activity, Health-related Quality of Life, and Burden of Arrhythmia
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting more than 33 million individuals worldwide. AF may lead to severe complications associated with disabling symptoms that can reduce ... -
A Multi-Site Evaluation of Contact-Based Anti-Stigma Programs For High School Youth
Adolescents have become an important target for contact based anti-stigma programs. Research on mental health stigma reduction in adolescents has been hindered by lack of validated measures to evaluate interventions. To ... -
Post-Islamism Redefined: A Genealogy of Political Islam in Iran
Challenging the current academic conception of the term “post-Islamism,” this dissertation provides an alternative definition of the concept, having in mind the case of Iran. In contrast to Asef Bayat’s deployment of ... -
How Can Game Developers Leverage Data from Online Distribution Platforms? A Case Study of the Steam Platform
Developing a successful game is challenging. Prior work shows that gamers are extremely difficult to satisfy, making the quality of games an important issue. Prior work has yielded important results from mining data that ... -
Exploration of New Applications of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS) to Fuel Cell Electrochemistry
The electrochemically active surface area of catalysts in fuel cells can be increased using nanoparticles (NPs). To assess their stability, the mass concentration and the size of NPs, along with the portion that is dissolved, ...