Queen's Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This is a collection of the Queen's University Masters Degree and PhD Theses and Dissertations. Submissions are limited to officially registered Queen's University graduate students, only.
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MEMORIES AND FORECASTS IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS: A CROSS-CULTURAL INVESTIGATION
Interpersonal memories and forecasts can be influenced (or shaped) by individuals’ current relationship experiences. The present research examined cultural differences in interpersonal memories and forecasts, situated in ... -
Exploring the Lived Experience of Youth Who Have Been Suspended From Secondary School: A Narrative Inquiry
Despite empirical evidence suggesting that out of school suspensions do more harm than good, they are still commonplace in education system. According to the Ontario Ministry of Education, 33,030 secondary school students ... -
The Infrastructure Trade: Built Relations of the Detroit River Border Region
Infrastructure is a popular unit of analysis among geographers and planners. The broad field of infrastructure studies provides a means of exploring the ways in which we materialize certain aspects of our communities. This ... -
The response of Cladocera assemblages and size structure to multiple stressors in three Kawartha lakes (Ontario) over the last 200 years)
The Kawartha lakes region has experienced many impacts from human activities since the European settlement in early 1800s including damming, logging, agricultural activities, fisheries, urbanization, and the introduction ... -
Advanced Data Analysis Of In-Situ Bioremediation Site Data Using Dimensionality Reduction Techniques
Chlorinated solvents are one of the most prevalent groundwater contaminants in North America. Many of these contaminants are very difficult to clean up due to their physical properties and can pollute drinking water aquifers ... -
A Modeling Study of Large-Scale Solute Transport in Fractured Carbonate Rock
Fractures influence aqueous contaminant transport by allowing for rapid migration over long distances through complex pathways and through diffusion into the adjacent rock matrix. While there have been many studies examining ... -
MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE INCREASES VISCERAL SENSITIVITY IN A PRECLINICAL MODEL OF IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have identified that monosodium glutamate (MSG) triggers symptoms of abdominal pain. I sought to use a preclinical model for IBS to study how MSG effects intestinal afferent ... -
A BROAD SCALE INVESTIGATION OF DISPERSAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE NORTHERN RANGE LIMIT OF A PACIFIC COASTAL DUNE PLANT
Species are expected to occur and persist where environments allow for population self-replacement, and be limited where biotic and abiotic conditions shift outside their recognized niche. However, many species lack the ... -
Epistemic Emotions and the Number of Sources Explored
Several theories postulate that epistemic emotions, such as curiosity and surprise, motivate information-seeking. In these theories, information-seeking is treated as a unitary, singular construct, with the motivation ... -
Concurrent Thickness and Material Optimization
There is a gap in the literature for an algorithm capable of concurrent thickness and material optimization (CTMO), utilizing fully analytical sensitivities with prevention of coincident material layers. Such a method is ... -
A LABORATORY STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF DISSOLVED GAS EXSOLUTION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF IN-SITU THERMAL TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
In-situ thermal treatment (ISTT) technologies are a set of remediation methods for treating chlorinated volatile organic compound (CVOC) dense non-aqueous liquid (DNAPL) source zones by increasing the temperature of the ... -
Inversion of Muon Tomography and Gravity Gradiometry for Reservoir Monitoring
Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) reservoirs utilize enhanced oil recovery methods, namely steam injection, to mobilize bitumen in-situ. High-resolution continuous monitoring is required to make informed decisions ... -
Liver Transplant Wait-list Trends in Young American Adults
Background: Cirrhosis refers to end stage liver disease and it is the final common pathway for all chronic liver diseases (CLDs). Recent data illustrates that mortality secondary to cirrhosis is increasing in the United ... -
EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT AND GENE EXPRESSION IN DROSOPHILA
Evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) is the study of trait evolution through variation in development. As early as the modern synthesis, it was recognized that to an understanding of the function of genes during ... -
Characterization of the Biomechanical and Situational Aspects of High Magnitude Subconcussive Impacts in Canadian University Football
Background: Subconcussive impacts are asymptomatic head impacts that induce alterations in the brain after repetitive exposure. Understanding factors that lead to higher magnitude or frequency of subconcussive head impacts ... -
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED TRANSFER LEARNING FOR ROBOT KINEMATIC MODELLING
This thesis discusses the feasibility of applying the transfer learning for modelling robot manipulators. Artificial neural network (ANN) is selected as the tool to conduct transfer learning. For data generation, two types ... -
Detecting Lagrangian Coherent Structures in Realistic Experimental FLuid-Flow Data Sets
Detection of coherence in sparse Lagrangian particle tracking (LPT) data is a crucial step towards increasing our understanding in a vast number of biological, engineering and geophysical flows. This thesis explores two ... -
CONTEMPORARY MEASURES OF MENTAL HEALTH STATUS AND SCHOOL-BASED RELATIVE AGE EFFECTS IN CANADIAN ADOLESCENTS
This thesis is on the epidemiology of relative age effects and how they relate to the mental health status of young people. Contemporary measures of mental health are developed, and the association between school-based ... -
HIGH-DOSE WEEKLY CARFILZOMIB, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, AND DEXAMETHASONE IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED AND REFRACTORY MULTIPLE MYELOMA – EXPLORING THE FINANCIAL COST AND RARE SIDE-EFFECTS
Multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant disorder of clonal plasma cells based in the bone marrow that leads to devastating symptoms including renal failure, hypercalcemia, anemia, and fractures. Treatment ... -
Stable Leader-Follower Systems: A Passivity Perspective for Telerobotics and Vehicle Platooning
Advances in computing, more affordable hardware electronics, and reliable communications have led to development of cutting-edge robotic applications where two or more subsystems interact in a leader-follower arrangement ...
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