• Asynchronous Complementary Dual Channel Current Source Gate Driver for Synchronous Buck Converters 

  Mckay, Robert

  Currently there is a push for higher switching frequency DC-DC converters, especially in mobile and computer applications. Higher frequency operation allows for better transient performance and a reduction in the size of ...

• Investigating the Role of PTEN in Prostate Cancer Cell-Intrinsic Type I Interferon Responses 

  Vitkin, Natasha

  Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Canadian men and is characterized by a dysregulated immune response which is influenced by cancer cell-intrinsic genetic aberrations. Loss of the tumor suppressor ...

• How Do You Really Feel?: Two Experiments on the Impact of Affect on Investor Judgment and Decision Making 

  Wynes, Michael

  The purpose of this thesis is to understand how investor judgments and decisions around an earnings announcement are influenced by affect. In the first study, I examine the impact of unrelated tweets on investor judgments ...

• A Novel Mechanism of Tumour Cell Drug Resistance Induced by the Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Immune Checkpoint 

  Sanwalka, Daniel

  Immune checkpoints are regulators of the immune system that are critical for self-tolerance and prevention of autoimmunity. The programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) immune checkpoint is often ...

• The World of Tomorrow: Technological Change and Market Development 

  Mitchell, Alexander

  Technological change refers to the ways in which physical objects, practices, and knowledge develop over time. Marketing and consumer research understand technological change and its impact on market structures as processes ...

• "The Trans Tipping Point": Assessing Contemporary Transgender Visibility in Alternative and Mainstream Media 

  Konst, Emma

  This thesis seeks to develop a rubric for the assessment of recent transgender visibility across disparate media spaces. The rubric is based upon the critiques of transgender studies scholars and transgender activists ...

• Conservation Canines in Canada: Roles, Welfare & Environmental Impacts 

  D'Souza, Renee

  People have been employing dogs to assist with conservation work for more than a century. While the literature documents the efficacy of using dogs in these roles, the welfare and experiences of these dogs has received ...

• Policy, Poverty, and Indigenous Child Welfare: Revisiting the Sixties Scoop 

  Carneiro, Sarah

  I analyse the Sixties Scoop through the lens of Indigenous and feminist scholarship to contextualize the Scoop within the specific historical, political, and cultural moment of the postwar Canadian “welfare state” during ...

• Evolvability and Pleiotropic Constraint 

  Rowe, Taylor

  Evolvability is a population's ability to change its underlying genetic makeup through natural selection, to evolve. Most measures of short-term evolvability relate genetic change to the abundance and geometry of standing ...

• Experimental Study of Low-Speed Gearbox Faults Using Vibration and Acoustic Emission Signals 

  Jin, Chenyi

  With the goal of finding an effective condition monitoring tool for low-speed gearbox applications, vibration-based tests and Acoustic Emission (AE) tests have been performed on several gearbox sets in normal and faulty ...

• Differential Regulation of hERG Current and Expression by Activation of Protein Kinase C Using Phorbol Ester Treatment 

  Sutherland-Deveen, Morgan

  The human ether-à-go-go-related gene (hERG) encodes the pore-forming alpha subunit of the channel that conducts the rapidly activating delayed rectifier potassium current (IKr) in the heart. Reductions in IKr cause long ...

• A Preface to Perversion: Foucault, Archives, Evidence 

  Maynard, Steven

  This dissertation assembles four previously published articles on the subject of queer archives and evidence. Published over a period of almost thirty years, the articles reflect the author’s changing approach to archival ...

• The Impact of Vatican II on Catholic Religious Secondary Education in the Province of Ontario 

  Stafford, Joseph

  This thesis examines the impact of Vatican II on secondary religious education in Ontario. In order to understand this impact, pre-Vatican II secondary religious education is analysed beginning with the role of the papacy ...

• A Rechargeable Zn-Cu Battery Using a Selective Cation Exchange Membrane 

  Jameson, Alec

  The Daniell cell (Zn-Cu battery) offers several potential advantages over current battery technologies, but is held back by the problems of copper ion (Cu2+) crossover. We resolved this through employing a selective cation ...

• Modelling Forest Inventory and Biophysical Variables for an Uneven-Aged Forest Using Multi-Source Remotely-Sensed Data 

  Shang, Chen

  Forest resource inventory (FRI) information is critical to sustainable forest management. Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) offers a cost-effective option for modelling forest inventory, biophysical and ecological variables ...

• Steady-State Time-Domain Analysis of LLCL Resonant Converter 

  Anand, Tansha

  This thesis presents a new LLCL resonant converter topology which is capable of providing zero voltage switching of MOSFET switches for a wider range of operating frequency as compared to conventional LLC resonant converter ...

• Correlating Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Control of Saccade Behaviour 

  Baird, Tali

  The autonomic nervous system controls numerous effectors within the human body, working to adapt to changing environments. It is composed of three divisions: the sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric nervous systems. ...

• Inline Temperature Imaging: A Non-contact Temperature Measurement Technique for Laser Processing 

  Nestor, Stephen

  Laser keyhole welding and laser additive manufacturing are high intensity laser based advanced manufacturing techniques that offer numerous advantages over more traditional processes. However, because of the extreme spatial ...

• Assessing the Effectiveness of a Transformational Coaching Workshop for Changing Youth Sport Coaches' Behaviours 

  Lawrason, Sarah

  There is a need for coach development programs that target coaches’ interpersonal behaviours (Lefebvre et al., 2016) and that are informed by behaviour change techniques (Allan et al., 2017). In addition, current and ...

• Physical Activity and Usage Patterns in Community Sport and Recreation Spaces in Guadalajara, Mexico 

  Reid, Alexandra

  Background: Research shows that park quality, available amenities, and facilities are strongly associated with physical activity. However, the majority of the research evidence comes from studies conducted in high income ...

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