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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Investigating Selenium Usage Challenges and Reducing the Performance Overhead of Selenium-based Load Tests
Selenium automates the testing of web applications. Quality Assurance (QA) engineers usually write Selenium scripts to test the content that is rendered in a browser and simulate user interactions with the web content for ... -
Assessing the Geographic and Socioeconomic Determinants of Private Well Water Testing Practices in Southern Ontario
Purpose: An estimated 4.3 million Canadians use private wells for daily water consumption, however well testing rates are declining, potentially resulting in an increased risk of exposure to groundwater contaminants ... -
Second Place at the Polish Pow Wow
Abstract This paper begins with an Indigenous buffalo teaching. It is followed by aspects of my own story of Métis cultural rediscovery. My hope is this will provide insight into why I am undertaking this writing, as well ... -
Revisiting the Nature of Transformational Leadership: How Followers' Affect Matters
The seven studies within this dissertation investigate the nature of transformational leadership. I consider whether transformational leadership is affective, whether it is multidimensional, and whether people perceive ... -
Advances in 5-(Hydroxymethyl)Furfural Production From Cellulose Via CO2-Catalysis
The global economy must make a radical shift to lower carbon emissions to avert large-scale impacts from climate change. Fuels derived from widely available biomass such as macroalgae, have the potential to limit the CO2 ... -
Optical Visualization of Two Phase Flow in PEM Electrolyzers
Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzers are ideally suited to pairing with renewable energy sources given the capability to operate at high current densities and transition between different potential loading. ... -
Mechanisms of Social Cognition in Early Episode Psychosis
The mental abilities required to identify, understand, and respond to social information are broadly referred to as social cognition, and individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders display significant impairments ... -
Electrochemical Water Oxidation by Heterogenized Iridium-NHC Precatalyst
Hydrogen production from water splitting provides a potential source for clean energy storage. However, this process requires catalysts that can oxidize water to provide a source of electrons for proton reduction. Various ... -
Assessing long-term environmental trends in Ontario lakes that support Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
Oxygenated habitats for Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) are projected to deteriorate with climate warming. However, a paucity of long-term limnological monitoring data impedes the ability to determine if concentrations ... -
Suppression of the Efficiency Roll-Off Characteristics in Solution-Processed Lanthanide-based Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have gained a tremendous amount of interest, due to their applications in display and solid-state lighting technologies. This interest mainly arises from the easy and inexpensive ... -
Inequalities in Educational Choice and Outcomes
This thesis examines several topics relating to family background and educational achievement. Chapter 2 examines the influence of credit constraints and government policy on college choice and educational attainment in ... -
Modification of Polysaccharides and their Use as Pickering Emulsifiers in Oil/Water Emulsions, Miniemulsion, and Microsuspension Polymerization
Emulsion and suspension systems are the basis for the formulation of a wide variety of products including pharmaceuticals, consumables such as food, personal care or cosmetics and commodity materials such as adhesives, ... -
Robert Lowth's Hebraic Sublime and the "Ample Field of Poetry"
This dissertation is a study of Robert Lowth’s theorizing of the Hebraic sublime and its posterity in the second half of the eighteenth century. I begin with an exploration of Lowth’s description of the sublime across ... -
Confidence intervals and measures of significant change for KINARM Standard Tests
Neurological assessment plays a pivotal role in the overall diagnostic and prognostic process of patient care. The effectiveness of the various examinations and methods of neurological assessment are based on the accuracy ... -
Frictional Markets, Asset Liquidity and Business Cycles
This thesis consists of three essays that use dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models to study the interactions between the goods sector and the financial sector of the economy in the presence of search frictions ... -
Radical Copolymerization of Hydroxy-Functional Monomers
Solvent-borne acrylic resins are commonly used in automotive coatings formulations due to the superior characteristics they provide to the final products. Hydroxyl-functionality, incorporated by selection of 2-hydroxyethyl ... -
Screening Assessments for Aquatic Invasive Species Using Species Distribution Models
Invasive species are a major cause of biodiversity loss in North American freshwaters. Once established, aquatic invasive species (AIS) can restructure food webs and change the abiotic or physical conditions of a water ... -
Exploring Different Approaches to Improve the Analytical Performance of Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry with Pneumatic Nebulization or Electrothermal Vaporization
This thesis is aimed at exploring new diverse approaches for improving the analytical performance of inductively coupled plasma (ICP) optical emission spectrometry (OES) with pneumatic nebulization (PN) or electrothermal ... -
Novel Methods of Factor VIII Tolerance Induction in Hemophilia A Mouse Models
The most serious complication of factor VIII (FVIII) replacement therapy in hemophilia A (HA) patients remains the development of anti-FVIII antibodies (inhibitors). At this time, there are no methods to prevent inhibitor ... -
The Design and Personalization of Aim Assistance Algorithms
Aiming is the act of directing an action toward a target object, location, or direction. Many activities in games require aiming. In order for players to perform these activities successfully, they must be able to aim ...
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