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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An Encounter between East and West: The Notion of Truth in William James and Swami Vivekananda
William James considered Swami Vivekananda the exemplary example of a monist, and he comes to reject Vivekananda’s philosophy because it ultimately did not suit his active temperament. However, judging from his assessment ... -
The Bullying Word: Exploring how Students, Parents, Teachers and Principals Interpret ‘Bullying’
Over the past 25 years, research, policies, programming and news reports have proactively tackled the evolving bullying problem, trying to remain ahead of the issue and provide relevant solutions for all educational ... -
Reliability of Stress Induced Damage Predictions in Hard Rocks With Continuum and Discontinuum Numerical Modelling Approaches
The use of underground repositories known as deep geological repositories (DGR) is globally accepted to be the best solution for long term storage of nuclear waste. In combination with different types of engineered barriers, ... -
Exploring the Quality of life of Polio Survivors in Northwest Nigeria: Selection of an Instrument for Future Cross-Cultural Adaptation
Background: Consequences of paralytic polio may adversely affect the quality of life (QoL) of polio survivors. The promotion of QoL is the ultimate goal of rehabilitation interventions. Thus, QoL evaluation is essential ... -
Computational study of rovibrational spectrum of CO-CO 2
The Lanczos algorithm was used to determine J=0 and J=1 ro-vibrational energy levels for CO-CO2 . The fundamental transition energies have good agreement with previous experiments for both the C-bound and O-bound isomers. ... -
Continuum Damage Modeling of Rocks Under Blast Loading
Rock fragmentation by blasting has been in practice in civil and mining industries for centuries. The controlled use of explosives is considered the dominant approach for the purpose of breaking the rock material in any ... -
Geomechanics and Mineralogical Characterization of Intact Heterogeneous Rocks from the Legacy Skarn Deposit
Predicting the geomechanical behaviour of rockmasses is key to the economic success and safety of rock engineering projects such as surface and underground excavations. For these projects, unconfined compressive stress ... -
Genocide Culture: From Everyday Cultural Doxa and Ethnic Engineering to Genocide of Kurds in Iraq
This interdisciplinary study reconceptualizes the dominant vision of how genocides begin, and the role civilians play in both cultural and physical forms of genocide. I coined the term “genocide culture” and reconceptualize ... -
Trace and Isotopic Geochemistry of Groundwaters in Mineral Exploration
Total cover (100 % coverage) presents a challenge for mineral explorers, with the effectiveness of traditional geochemical techniques greatly reduced. Hydromorphic mobilization of solutes can produce geochemical footprints ... -
A Time-Domain Modeling of Multi-Element Resonant Converter With Capacitive Output Filter
In this thesis, an analytical based design tool has been proposed for the multi-elements resonant converters. A computer program has been written using the generalized equations in MATLAB App Designer. The MATLAB App ... -
Spatial Analysis of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Ontario
Introduction: In recent years, Ontario has witnessed a dramatic rise in the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs); however, the spatial patterning and causal factors contributing to this increase are not fully ... -
Robotic Sanding of Wooden Bowls with Hybrid Force/Position Impedance Control
This thesis set out to determine whether a serial robot could be used to sand a wooden bowl, in order to free a human operator from what is considered a hazardous task. The process of sanding wood is similar to the polishing ... -
Thyroid Cancer Treatment and Subsequent Infertility Diagnosis in Female Adolescents and Young Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Background: Unnecessary treatment of thyroid cancer as a result of increased surveillance may be associated with substantial side effects, including infertility, often without improvements in survival rates. Objective: ... -
Investigating the association between cortical morphological features and the properties of underlying WM tracts in healthy young adults
Quantitative measures of gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) can be derived from structural and diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to study the cerebral cortex and WM projections. Previous multimodal research ... -
Development and characterization of thermoplastic biopolyester compounds and their processing by 3D bioplotting
The objective of this thesis is to improve the properties of thermoplastic biopolyesters by reactive modification and blending, and to develop thermoplastic biopolyester compounds with suitable rheological, thermal and ... -
The novel application of sensor technologies to monitor long-term vertical track displacement pre and post rehabilitation
Track geometry irregularities may induce travelling discomfort for passengers, vibration and noise, and critically redistribution of wheel loads causing derailments. To better understand the track deterioration mechanisms ... -
Developing and Employing a Behavioral Platform to Characterize a non-human Primate Model of Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease and with shifting demographics, the number of affected individuals is estimated to increase dramatically. While a great deal of resources has been dedicated ... -
Arsenic mobility in a changing northern climate: Implications for geochemical baselines and long-term stability of contaminants in lake systems
Climate change is influencing the biogeochemical dynamics of lake systems in northern Canada. These changes may affect the loading and cycling of naturally occurring metal(loid)s and the long-term stability of mining-derived ... -
Migrating web Applications from SQL to NoSQL Databases
In the Big Data era, data is emerging dramatically and the structure of data is becoming increasingly flexible. Non-Relational databases, such as the NoSQL class of Databases, are playing a major role as an enabler technology ... -
Kinetics and Modeling of Radical Copolymerization of Water-Soluble Cationic Monomers
Polyelectrolytes (PELs) are a special class of charged water-soluble polymers utilized in both consumer and industrial applications such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, waste-water treatment, flocculating agents, oil drilling ...
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