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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"Time is Money": Examining the Influence of Temporal Focus Across the Adult Lifespan
Seniors represent the fastest growing demographic in Canada. Internationally, it is projected that the world’s senior population will continue to increase over the next several decades. Thus, more research is needed in ... -
Preliminary Investigation into the Vibration Characteristics and Isolation Requirements of a Prototype MRI Scanner
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a powerful diagnostic and research tool, used extensively in diagnoses of brain diseases, musculoskeletal disorders or damage, and an- giography. A persistent issue with MRI machines is ... -
Internet-based Planning in First Nations Communities: Challenges and Opportunities
The growing use of the Internet in community planning has created enormous opportunities to improve community participation in Indigenous planning, overcome constraints associated with face-to-face based participation, and ... -
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF SNOW REMOVAL FROM PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANELS
A key challenge to the wide-scale implementation of photovoltaic solar panels (PV) in cold and remote areas, is dealing with the effects of snow and ice buildup on the panel surfaces. However there currently is no practical ... -
USE OF (SUPER)HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES IN DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. ...
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