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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The BEST Trials: Examining Brief Executive Skills Training for Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders
Cognitive remediation is an efficacious treatment for schizophrenia that focuses on enhancing neurocognitive abilities and improving community functioning. However, there is currently no gold-standard cognitive remediation ... -
Three Essays in Corporate Finance
In this thesis I present three papers on the implications of corporate finance and credit markets. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the thesis. Chapter 2 presents the paper "Do investors value bond granularity?". It ... -
An Empirical Analysis of Java Language Use in Open Source Applications
Java is one of the most popular programming languages currently in use, and many modern applications and websites are programmed using Java. In this work, we examine how Java language features are actually used by programmers ... -
An Evaluation of Spatial Lyme Disease Risk at Regional and Health Unit Scales Using Remotely Sensed Surface Temperature, GIS-Based Habitat Suitability Data and Population Modelling
The spread of Lyme disease continues to be a severe public health concern in Ontario, Canada due to rising temperatures. Several previous studies have modelled the extent and rate of risk increase at provincial and national ... -
"Ma vie est vraiment différente de ce que je pensais": A life-story analysis of geographies and gendered subjectivities of Francophone mothers in Kingston
This dissertation is about migrant Francophone mothers’ experiences of mothering in Kingston, Ontario. It exposes how elements of these women’s life-stories, namely mothering, migration, and minority language, intersect ... -
Application of Optical CT to Estimate the Mass of Macroalgae in a Tank of Water
This thesis develops and tests a mass estimation system for macroalgae using optical computed tomography. The system consists of a table with a fixed camera and backlighting, which rotates around a container of macroalgae ... -
Evolutionary Constraints: Phenology and elevational range limits in an annual plant
All species have limits to their geographic distributions and many range limits are stable over centuries, indicating a failure to adapt to conditions beyond the range edge. This simple observation contradicts copious ... -
Evaluating the Surficial Geochemical Expressions in Soil, and Tree Cores Surrounding an LCT Pegmatite at Pakeagama Lake, Ontario
The Pakeagama Lake Pegmatite is a complex type, petalite subtype Li-Cs-Ta (LCT) pegmatite, located in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, at the border of the Berens River and Sachigo subprovinces of the Archean Superior ... -
High-performance Communication in MPI through Message Matching and Neighborhood Collective Design
Message Passing Interface (MPI) is the de facto standard for communication in High Performance Computing (HPC). MPI Processes compute on their local data while extensively communicating with each other. Communication is ... -
When and Where We Enter: Situating the Absented Presence of Black Canadian Art
My thesis situates recent black visual arts practices in the context of exhibition practices and art history. I undertake a content analysis of 10 years of black visual arts reviews in FUSE Magazine and perform a close ... -
The effect of initial arteriolar transmural pressure on vasodilation at the onset of muscle contraction
Muscle contraction initiates a rapid vasodilation (widening) of small blood vessels in the skeletal muscle called arterioles, increasing muscle blood flow, which is greater when the contracting muscle is below, compared ... -
Taste and Ambition: Dutch Artists and Their Collections of Works on Paper
This dissertation is a study of Dutch artists as collectors of prints and drawings in the seventeenth century. The presence of works on paper in artists’ workshops and their use as visual reference tools and objects for ... -
Marginal Voices: Conflicted Dialogism and the Responsive Readers of Utopia, Beware the Cat, and Arcadia
This dissertation analyzes the construction of discursive communities amongst authors, editors, and readers of early modern prose fiction through language, material texts, and reader response. It analyzes Thomas More’s ... -
Influence of Oxidative Aging on the Chemistry and Rheology of Asphalt Cement From Bolivian, Canadian and Costa Rican Sources
The objective of this thesis is to validate existing specification protocols, to monitor the chemical and rheological properties of Bolivian, Canadian and Costa Rican samples after being environmentally exposed for a year ... -
Implications of Firms' Interactions with Debt Markets
In this thesis I present three papers on "Implications of Firms' Interactions with Debt Markets". Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the thesis. Chapter 2 presents the paper "Does a Firm's Bond IPO have Implications ... -
The role of PPARg-dependent microRNA expression during breast tumour metastasis
Previous studies by Dr. Nicol showed the first direct in vivo evidence that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ normally suppresses environmental chemical 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-mediated breast ... -
A Case Study Exploring How Professional Education Programs at a Mid-sized Canadian University are Conceptualizing and Operationalizing Entry-to-practice Competence Frameworks
Entry-to-practice competence frameworks and competency-based approaches to professional education are becoming increasingly popular in Canada and on a global scale. Although competency-based medical education has the ... -
Evidence-informed policy development and enactment: A policy content evaluation of a provincial policy for improving the educational outcomes of youth in out-of-home care in Ontario
The dissertation explores the Joint Protocol for Student Achievement (JPSA) through a series of four interrelated papers. First, education data of 4,109 students were analyzed to understand the educational experiences of ... -
Daphnia vertical position and implications for the impact of the invasive zooplankton predator, Bythotrephes longimanus, on plankton communities in south-central Ontario
Species diversity and identity play an important role in determining community structure and regulating ecosystem processes. However, species interactions are often characterized by the mean effect or response, often ... -
Multi-Material and Multi-Joint Topology Optimization of 3D Structures
In recent years, topology optimization has become a popular tool in automotive, aerospace and defense industries to generate novel clean slate designs. The most modern of these tools is multi-material topology optimization ...
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