• USE OF (SUPER)HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES IN DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS 

  Agrawal, Prashant

  A superhydrophobic (SH) surface is characterized by a water contact angle of >150 and a sliding angle <10. The water fearing properties result from significantly stronger cohesive forces of the resting liquid compared ...

• SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE HERG POTASSIUM CHANNEL TO PROTEASES AND ITS CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS 

  Lamothe, Shawn

  Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Cardiac ischemia accounts for approximately 50% of all cardiovascular-related deaths. Cardiac ischemia is associated with high incidence of QT prolongation ...

• Neuropeptides in the Bed Nucleus Stria Terminalis: Implications in Chronic Stress 

  Normandeau, Catherine

  For the last 20-30 years, new discovery of pharmacological treatment for psychiatric disorders has been stagnant despite a pressing need to find alternative therapies for patients that are treatment-resistant to the current ...

• The Scatter Dependence of the Spatially-Resolved Star Formation Main Sequence Relation 

  Hall, Christine

  The scatter of the spatially-resolved star formation main sequence (SFMS) is investigated in order to reveal signatures about processes of galaxy formation and evolution. We have assembled a sample of 355 nearby galaxies ...

• Auditors' Career Transitions: Three Studies on Auditors' Recruitment into Public Accounting, Transition to Industry, and the Long-lasting Effects of their Auditing Experience 

  Daoust, Laurence

  In my thesis, I investigate the career transitions of auditors. In the first study, I explore students’ experience going through the recruitment process in public accounting. I conducted 51 interviews with undergraduate ...

• “A (Re)turn to the Archive: Reading the Lives and Works of Yvonne Vera and Dambudzo Marechera” 

  Kastner, Sarah

  In this dissertation, I read the life and work of the Zimbabwean authors, Yvonne Vera (1964 – 2005) and Dambudzo Marechera (1952 – 1987), against a set of assumptions about the work of African life storytelling in late ...

• ALTERATION IN MICRORNA EXPRESSION PATTERN IN CD-1 MOUSE FETAL LIVER CELLS FOLLOWING IN VITRO BENZOQUINONE EXPOSURE 

  Platt, Alex

  The incidence of childhood leukemias in developed countries is increasing and in utero exposure to environmental toxicants such as benzene may be primarily responsible. The mechanism behind benzene- induced hematotoxicity ...

• Tuning Spark Performance 

  Zhang, Jenne

  In the big data era, big data frameworks play a vital role in storing and processing large amounts of data, providing significant improvements in performance and availability. Spark is one of the most popular big data ...

• Placental Growth Factor Modulates Vascularization and Neuroanatomy in Mice 

  Kay, Vanessa

  Preeclampsia (PE) is a common pregnancy complication and may result in fetal stress with lifelong consequences for cognition. Offspring cognitive alterations are associated with distorted neuroanatomy and cerebrovasculature. ...

• EXPERIMENTAL MODAL ANALYSIS OF A HALF-SCALE MODEL REAR TWIN-ENGINE MOUNTED AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE SECTION 

  Chamberlain, Diego

  Experimental modal testing using an impact hammer is a commonly used method for obtaining the modal parameters of any structure for which the vibrational behavior is of interest. Natural frequencies and associated mode ...

• Mathematical Modeling of Arborescent Polyisobutylene Production in Continuous and Semi-Batch Reactors 

  Buren, Bradley

  Mathematical models are developed for arborescent polyisobutylene (arbPIB) production in continuous-stirred-tank and semi-batch reactors. The objective of the research is to assess how reactor type influences final polymer ...

• Distance to specialist medical care and diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in rural Saskatchewan 

  Spagnuolo, Catherine

  Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep-disordered breathing condition. Rural populations in Canada may be particularly at risk due to high reported levels of obesity, physical inactivity and ...

• HIGH FIDELITY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS MODELING FOR RESIDUAL STRESS AND DEFORMATION 

  Traer, Jaryd

  The ever increasing demand for high speed transport is causing a massive increase in the amount of passengers utilizing air travel. To be able to meet the ever increasing regulatory demands for reduced emissions that are ...

• A Defence of Associative Duties 

  Clifton, Owen

  In this thesis, I defend associative duties – typically understood as non-contractual, special moral responsibilities that arise from valued relationships – as a genuine class of duties. I do this in the spaces of both ...

• The role of HSV-2 UL16 in nuclear egress of capsids 

  Gao, Jie

  The herpes simplex virus (HSV) UL16 gene is conserved throughout the Herpesviridae and the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) UL16 protein forms complex with another virus protein called UL21. Previous studies demonstrated ...

• Asymmetric matching allele models: imperfect matching, stability and the impact of mutation 

  Williamson, Michael

  Asymmetric matching alleles models assume that each parasite genotype specializes on a matching host genotype to a different degree. We study system behavior of a single locus di-allelic asymmetric matching alleles model. ...

• The role of extracellular vesicles in the transfer of multidrug resistance in human ovarian cancer cells 

  Power, Jen

  Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer in Canadian women and has the highest mortality rate of all gynecologic malignancies. First-line treatment is typically cytoreductive surgery followed by a combination of ...

• Seasonal activity, depth distribution, and microhabitat associations of resident yellow-phase American eels (Anguilla rostrata) in the upper St. Lawrence River 

  Burliuk, Colleen

  The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is an endangered species that inhabits fresh, brackish, and oceanic waters. Eels are elusive; little is known about their seasonal movements, depth distribution, and microhabitat ...

• A novel actuator for high-torque low-speed applications 

  Nouri, Mahmoud

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• Leveraging Better Policy for Long-Term Sustainability in Northern Ontario: New Approaches to Planning for Decline 

  Kuhl, Nicholas (2018-08-09)

  Decline is a real and protracted issue that has taken shape and form in different ways across Northern Ontario. While not all municipalities have been hit equally hard by the effects of industry flight, an aging population, ...

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