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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Autonomous Ground Vehicle Guidance and Mapping in Challenging Terrains by using On-Board Vibration Measurements
How can measurements of a vehicle's ground-induced vibrations be used to improve its performance and longevity? This is the central question explored in this thesis. It is known that high levels of vehicle vibrations can ... -
Investigating the effect of subconcussive impact exposure on white matter integrity in collegiate football players
Background: Recently, there has been growing concern around subconcussive impacts (SCI) in football and the potential implications on neurologic health. Of particular interest are athletes who undergo repeated exposure to ... -
Motivation and Autonomy in Transitional Youth in Out-of-Home Care
In Ontario, children in the child welfare system or in residential care placements away from their biological parents, are considered an at-risk population in education and must be supported in Ontario’s schools. Academic ... -
Problematic Social Media Use and Mental Health in Canadian Adolescents
Background: Adolescent mental health problems have become increasingly common in recent years. Problematic social media use (PSMU) has recently gained attention as a possible risk factor for mental health problems. However, ... -
The role of ErbB inhibitors in promoting nerve regeneration in a mouse model of nerve injury
Nerve injury is a common clinical challenge that has a considerable impact on an individual’s quality of life and function. Despite multiple surgical strategies, functional outcomes following nerve injury remain poor. ... -
LOW-VELOCITY IMPACT AND CONTACT ANALYSES OF ADHESIVELY BONDED ALUMINUM HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANELS
Adhesively bonded aluminum honeycomb sandwich panels are widely used in the aerospace industry. They are used to form lightweight structures with high strength and stiffness. The main drawback of this composite structure ... -
Downregulation of the unfolded protein response by metformin may confer antineoplastic effects in colorectal cancer
In 2020, there were 1.93 million cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosed and 935 thousand CRC-related deaths (1–3). Approximately 50 percent of patients are diagnosed with stage III or IV disease, limiting the efficacy ... -
Identification of novel protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) regulating the Hippo pathway in tumorigenesis
The Hippo signaling pathway is a tumor suppressor pathway which plays key roles in normal organ size control through regulation of cell proliferation and cell death. Deregulation of the Hippo pathway leads to excessive ... -
Exploring the relationship between quality and quantity of participation in an online community-based exercise program
The Quality Participation Framework conceptualizes how to promote full and effective participation in exercise programs for individuals with disabilities. Prior to this investigation, it was believed that repeated quality ... -
Vascular Function in Women and Children Following a Pregnancy Complicated by Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is a severe hypertensive complication of pregnancy that poses significant maternal and fetal risk. Evidence suggests that preeclampsia is linked to later-life cardiovascular disease development in both mother ... -
The study of time representations for chemical production scheduling models
Optimal scheduling has been extensively investigated in the Process Systems Engineering (PSE) community. Most of the existing mathematical programming models for scheduling can be classified into two categories in terms ... -
COMBINING BCG IMMUNOTHERAPY WITH STING PATHWAY ACTIVATION TO INDUCE TERTIARY LYMPHOID STRUCTURES IN THE TREATMENT OF NON-MUSCLE-INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER
Following surgical resection, high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is best treated with intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy. BCG is the live-attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis ... -
Quasinormal-mode theory and design of elastic Purcell factors, mechanical cavity modes and Fano resonances in optomechanical beams
In optomechanical systems, the radiation forces exerted by photons are exploited to manipulate and measure mechanical motion, finding applications is optics, nanophotonics, mechanics, and gravitational wave detection. To ... -
In the lie of this Multicultural Land: An Analysis of Barbados-Canada Relations, 1966 -1990.
Barbados-Canada relations spanned many decades, from November 30, 1966, those relations entered a new dimension, since Barbados now an independent state, was no longer ruled by Britain. This new relationship witnessed new ... -
A Morphological Awareness-based Intervention for Struggling Readers
Morphological awareness is the awareness of and ability to manipulate the smallest units of meaning in words, and it enables children to identify meaningful units in words. Studies have shown morphological awareness predicts ... -
Characterization of pyrene films for background rejection in liquid argon dark matter experiments
About a hundred years after the first references to dark matter, the mystery around the nature of that elusive type of matter has still not been solved. Direct detection dark matter experiments are getting more and more ... -
The Impact of Primary Care Practice Models on Indicators of Unplanned Health Care Utilization for Ontario Adults Newly Diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent chronic disease among Ontario’s general population. Most of the care for this population occurs within the primary care setting; however, the ... -
The Use of Carotid Artery Ultrasound for the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Risk
Background: It is well known that the majority of cardiovascular (CV) events are caused by atherosclerotic plaque. However, it has recently been shown that it is not the quantity of plaque, but rather its vulnerability to ... -
A Machine Learning Framework for Oncological Margin Detection
Cancer is the cause of one in four deaths in North America. A common phase of early-stage oncological treatment is the surgical resection of cancerous tissue. The presence of cancer cells on the resection margin, referred ... -
Understanding Educator Perspectives of French Language Instruction in Play-Based Kindergarten
This study examined issues related to additional language acquisition in French Immersion play-based kindergarten contexts, from the perspective of educators. Little is currently known about the impacts of play-based ...
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