Graduate Theses, Dissertations and Projects
This community is a joint endeavour of the School of Graduate Studies and Research and the Library to make available Queen's University graduate theses and projects in electronic form via the university's digital repository, QSpace.
Depositing their theses, dissertations and graduate projects in QSpace, offers Queen's graduate students timely, broad exposure of their research to other researchers, students and prospective students.
Graduate Projects. Students who submit a research project and master's essays in fulfillment of their degree requirements, instead of thesis, deposit their projects in the Graduate Projects Collection.
QSpace also offers an opportunity to preserve supplementary material that may currently become lost in paper format, such as data sets, images, performances, etc.
For more information on SGSR thesis requirements, please see Completing Your Degree on the SGS website.
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Detection of Antibiotic Resistance in Enterococcus spp. by Growth Kinetics Measurements in the Presence of Vancomycin Using the Detection System from TECTA-PDS
The spread of antibiotic resistant organisms has increased in different water environments. This originates from the disposal of antibiotics from hospital wastes, irrigation from farms, domestic antibiotic drug disposal ... -
INVESTIGATION INTO POTENTIAL MAGMATIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: METHOD DEVELOPMENT FOR LA-ICP-MS ANALYSIS OF FLUID INCLUSIONS AND CRITICAL ASSESMENT OF THE WINDY CRAGGY DEPOSIT, NORTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
In recent years, the existence of variable magmatic contributions to the mineralizing fluids in the formation of volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits has been gaining acceptance in the scientific community. The ... -
ANALYSIS, OPTIMIZATION, AND PRACTICAL DESIGN OF A SPLIT-PHASE DICKSON SWITCHED CAPACITOR CONVERTER FOR HIGH CURRENT APPLICATIONS
The Switched-Capacitor Converter (SCC) topology has been gaining attention from researchers because of their advantages of higher power density, better switch utilization, and low component stress. However, SCCs have a ... -
Disturbing Silence: How the Student Movement Shaped Nixon’s Presidency and the Policies of America
President Richard M. Nixon’s fear and hatred of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) resulted in the SDS having an undue influence on his foreign policies. The SDS was a small faction of the larger Anti-Vietnam War ... -
Interweaving Iiyiyiu (Cree) Ways of Knowing and Land-Based Learning with Science Curriculum at Waapinichikush Elementary School, Chisasibi, Quebec
This study is the result of work done in close collaboration and partnership with local Cree (Iiyiyiu) teachers, Elders and community members at Waapinichikush Elementary School in Chisasibi, Quebec, to identify approaches ... -
Beta-Band EEG Activity and False-Belief Reasoning in Adults
The ability to reason about other’s beliefs, and in particular their false beliefs, is a fundamental part of having a theory of mind (ToM) – an understanding of the role that mental states (i.e., beliefs, desires, and ... -
Childhood Maltreatment and the Association with Life Dissatisfaction
This study examined the association between childhood maltreatment (witnessing violence in the household, and experiences of physical and emotional abuse by an adult prior to the age of 16,) and dissatisfaction with later ... -
Spatial Voting Models: A Dynamical Systems Approach
Spatial voting models have been used extensively to study factors affecting candidate positioning in elections. Most previous research has fixed candidate positioning at one point in time to determine optimal candidate ... -
Investigating ubiquitin-mediated turnover of the key immune signaling protein kinase BOTRYTIS INDUCED KINASE1
Plants are susceptible to infection from bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases; although sessile, they are far from defenseless. Plants have evolved complex immune systems for the detection of pathogens and initiation of ... -
Security of Short-Range Wireless Technologies and an Authentication Protocol for IoT
The number of wireless IoT (Internet of Thing) infrastructures is considerably growing as thousands of new devices are being connected everyday. This has allowed the emergence of various smart applications that have changed ... -
Stray Gas Migration: Multicomponent Mass Transfer Effects on Dissolution and Persistence of Gas in the Subsurface
As the development of deep geological gas reserves increases in the coming years, concern has been raised regarding potential environmental impacts including stray gas migration. The goal of this research was to improve ... -
USING BIOGEOCEMENTATION TO REDUCE PHYSICAL INSTABILITY AND WIND EROSION OF MINE TAILINGS
The mining industry in Canada is an essential driver of economic growth as societal demands for minerals increases with advances in technology. The waste generated through these mine operations is one of the biggest ... -
TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE GAN-BASED LLC RESONANT CONVERTER FOR WIDE INPUT VOLTAGE, HIGH OUTPUT CURRENT AC-DC AND DC-DC APPLICATIONS
The industry driving toward smaller, and more efficient electronics has led to the development of Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) in today’s most popular industrial applications. Resonant converters, among a variety of ... -
Techniques for Enabling High-Order Modulation Formats in Short-Reach Optical Communication Networks Based on Directly Modulated Lasers
The need to satisfy bandwidth-hungry applications with a growing number of internet users has raised the requirements for capacity and reach in optical communication systems. Recent advances in field modulation and digital ... -
USE OF PATTERNED (SUPER) HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES IN SAMPLE PREPARATION
Digital microfluidics (DMF) is an emerging liquid-handling technology that enables the manipulation of small, discrete droplets (picoliters to microliters) in a precise and reproducible manner. The important applications ... -
Using a Mixed Methods Approach to Study the Relationship Between Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Teacher Efficacy, and Mathematics Teaching Anxiety in Preservice Elementary School Teachers in Ontario
Preservice elementary school teachers are under ever increasing pressure to deliver quality mathematics instruction to their students. Mathematics anxiety and mathematics teacher efficacy are constructs that are commonly ... -
Co-occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Dementia in Veterans Living in Long-Term Care
Background: In older Veterans with dementia, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can emerge, re-emerge, or worsen, resulting in negative consequences for Veterans and their families. Once admitted to long-term care (LTC), ... -
CONTINUITIES AND CHANGES IN TRADITIONAL AKAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION PRACTICES
This dissertation examines traditional religio-cultural beliefs/practices and environmental problems in Ghana using the Kwahu Traditional Area as a case study. Its primary objective is to examine the continuities and ...
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