Queen's Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This is an on-line 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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What's odd? Cognitive processing of social contexts based on autistic traits within the general population
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social and communicative deficits, such as being able to identify and understand a joke. These social deficits can be understood in a cognitive ... -
SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS OF N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES ON GOLD AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are excellent ligands for metal coordination and have been studied extensively. NHC metal complexes have also been used for many different catalytic applications. One such application of these ... -
The association between area- and individual-level risk factors and chlamydia infection a sexual health clinic
Background: Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Canada. Although the literature has focused on individual-level risk factors as the greatest determinants for chlamydia infection, more recent ... -
.Compostmodernism: A Theory for the Infiltration of Digital and Internet Technologies in Twenty-First Century American Fiction
This dissertation introduces and defines .compostmodernism as a successor to postmodernism in the particular context of twenty-first century literature. Having roots in the postmodern literary era when the anxiety about ... -
HYDROGEN GAS PRODUCTION AND EFFECTS DURING REMEDIATION USING NANO-SCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON
The objective of this study was to develop an understanding of the potential effects of hydrogen gas (H2) exsolution during nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) groundwater remediation applications. An improved understanding ... -
Exploring Perceptions of Public Stigma as a Mediator in the Relationship between Number of Depressive Symptoms and Mental Health Treatment-Seeking Behaviours
Background: Individuals with more depressive symptoms are more likely to seek treatment. However, there is evidence suggesting that these same individuals may be more likely to feel stigmatized. As expectations of public ... -
Physical Activity Participation in Ovarian Cancer Survivors: Prevalence, Determinants and Association with Patient Reported Outcomes
Objectives: The primary objectives were (1) to estimate the prevalence of meeting physical activity (PA) guidelines among ovarian cancer survivors in the post-treatment period and (2) to identify the determinants of meeting ... -
The Parallel Squat: A Comparison Between Kinematic, Kinetic, and Muscle Activity Components of Measurement
Movement quality screening tools have been developed to reduce the risk of injury and enhance physical performance. These screening tools use observational techniques to analyze movement and identify faulty movement patterns. ... -
STATIC LIQUEFACTION OF LOOSE GRANULAR LANDSLIDES
Highly mobile landslides can have devastating impacts on infrastructure and human life. In order to mitigate the risks of these landslides, it is critical to understand how they are triggered and the mechanism behind their ... -
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF PHOSPHODIESTERASE 1C IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL MIGRATION AND INVASION
Phenotypic plasticity of human arterial smooth muscle cells (HASMCs) allows them to transition from a “contractile/quiescent” state, in which they regulate arterial tone and blood pressure, to one in which these cells are ... -
Carbon assisted atmospheric pyrite oxidation to enhance reaction kinetics and elemental sulphur yield
Pyrite is an important mineral due to its ability to contain high concentrations of gold. Unfortunately, pyrite does not typically allow for conventional gold leaching, and often an oxidative pre-treatment process must be ... -
Mechanisms Contributing to the Specificity of Gynephilic Men’s Sexual Responses
Men’s sexual responses have historically been characterized by their gender specificity, meaning that men show stronger genital and subjective arousal to preferred (i.e., sexual stimuli that include one’s preferred gender) ... -
An examination of team structure and its implications for subgroups in an individual sport setting
Despite growing research interest in the social dynamics of sport teams, the smaller groups that emerge from within a total team have largely been overlooked. This is concerning given that preliminary investigations ... -
Intramolecular Rhodium-Catalyzed Ene-Cycloisomerization Reactions of Thioether and Triorganosilane containing Alkenylidenecyclopropanes: Novel Metal-Mediated β-Sulfide and β-Silyl Elimination Reactions
The transition metal-catalyzed ene-cycloisomerization is a particularly attractive method for the construction of highly functionalized cyclic scaffolds. Furthermore, many elegant studies over the past few decades have ... -
An ERP Investigation into the Influence of Spatial Relevance on Attentional Deployment
In visual search, top-down task knowledge and bottom-up stimulus salience interact to determine where observers are most likely to attend. Past research has demonstrated that during search tasks, scene regions with a high ... -
The Logically Perfect Language on Words without Objects
Bertrand Russell’s logical atomism holds that the world is made up of a body of structured facts composed of simple objects. A Logically Perfect Language (LPL) is constructed to reflect this hierarchy of facts—every sentence ... -
Life After Prostate Cancer: An Investigation of Patients' Health-Related Quality of Life, Sexual Outcomes, Mental Health, Social Support, and Healthcare Experiences
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Canadian males. Survivorship rates, particularly for early-stage diagnoses, are high, meaning that the majority of diagnosed individuals must live with the consequences ... -
Investigating metabolomic and phenotypic changes following exercise training and corresponding implications for cardiometabolic risk
The purpose of this dissertation was to study the effects of exercise training on the plasma metabolome and phenotypic changes in men and women with abdominal obesity, using both metabolomics and magnetic resonance imaging ... -
INVESTIGATION OF MUD INTRUSION INTO SAND AND ITS EFFECT ON SOIL PROPERTIES
This research explores drilling mud intrusion into sand surrounding a horizontal boring and its effects on the soil properties. At the first stage, small-scale laboratory experiments investigated the effects of bentonite ... -
Matter and Minds: Examining Embodied Souls in Plato’s Timaeus and Ancient Philosophy
With the rise of Platonism influenced by Plotinus and Descartes, philosophers have largely overlooked the fact that Plato directly acknowledges that there is a practical and valuable role for the body. The Timaeus clearly ...
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