Browsing Queen's Graduate Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors: Novel N-Heterocylic Carbene Based Surfaces
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensing is a technique that is increasingly being used to investigate interactions between biomolecules due to its ability to be monitored in real-time and the lack of labelling needed. ... -
Surface Relief Grating on Thin Film Containing Azobenzene-Polymer Material Linked by Hydrogen-Bonding
Thin films of azobenzene-polymer material show unique photo-responsive behavior under irradiation with two interfering laser beams. That leads to generate surface inscription pattering known as Surface Relief Grating (SRG). ... -
Surface Water Classification and Monitoring using Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar
Surface water classification using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is an established practice for monitoring flood hazards due to the high temporal and spatial resolution it provides. Surface water change is a dynamic process ... -
Surface wave and storm surge prediction during Hurricane Sandy
(2016-09-21)Hurricane Sandy was the largest storm on historical record in the Atlantic Ocean basin with extensive coastal damage caused by large waves and high storm surge. The primary objectives of this thesis are to compare and ... -
Surgery, Anesthesia, and Risk for the Development of Dementia
As Canadians continue to live longer, more older adults are undergoing surgical procedures. These procedures can leave patients at an increased risk for medical complications, and there has been growing interest in a ... -
Surgical practice patterns and outcomes in T2 and T3 gallbladder cancer: insights from a population based study
Background: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a lethal malignancy. Surgery remains the only option for cure. Our study aimed to evaluate practice patterns in patients with stage T2 and T3 GBC and describe the association between ... -
THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE FEEDBACK RUBRIC FOR ASSESSING RESIDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE OPERATING ROOM: DOES IT WORK?
(2015-07-29)Competency-based training models in surgical education challenge programs to adequately document and assess trainees’ clinical decision-making, problem solving, and procedural skills in the operating room. While a variety ... -
#surrogacy: Confronting the coloniality of Twitter and contemporary transnational surrogacy practices in India
(2015-02-05)"#surrogacy: Confronting the coloniality of Twitter and contemporary transnational surrogacy practices in India" begins to think about how the racial histories of modernity provide a lens to consider transnational surrogacy ... -
Surrogate decision making for the critically ill intensive care unit patient
(2008-04-25)The technological complexity of the ICU is often focused on saving lives however, it is frequently a place to support the dying. Because of the serious nature of critical illness, patients are unable to communicate their ... -
Surveillance Gone Too Far? Individual Reactions to the Use of Drones in Urban Areas.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), popularly referred to as ‘drones’, have increased in popularity over the past two decades. Various concerns have been raised about their implementation, primarily focusing on their surveillance ... -
Surveillance Studies and the Surveilled Subject
(2016-05-19)Surveillance studies has been somewhat inattentive to the perspective of the surveilled subject. It is the functioning of the surveillance apparatus, not the relatively inconsequential subject, which has tended to frame ... -
Surveillance, Subjectivity and Resistance at the Frontiers of Europe: A Materialist Analysis of the Greece-Turkey Borders
(2014-11-25)The Greece-Turkey borders have become one of the main points of undocumented entry into the European Union since 2009. The borders operate through complex elements: historical processes that shape their structure, ideologies ... -
A survey of police eyewitness identification procedures
(2014-08-26)Canadian (N = 117) and U.S. officers (N = 167) completed an online survey regarding their eyewitness identification procedures. Chapter 2 compared current procedures with each country’s respective policy recommendations. ... -
Survival of Brown Colour in Diamond During Storage in the Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle
(2009-09-23)Common brown colour in natural diamond forms by plastic deformation during storage in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM). Dislocation movement generates vacancies, which aggregate into clusters of perhaps 30–60 ... -
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 ... -
Sustainability of Changing Agricultural Systems in the Coastal Zone of Bangladesh
(2012-09-28)Transformations of the various agricultural systems have been taking place in the coastal zone of Bangladesh. While some farmers continue to follow traditional practices, in recent years, others have become involved in ... -
Switchable Surfactants for Soil Remediation
(2011-02-17)Soil remediation requires technologies to restore contaminated soil to a state that is environmentally acceptable. In most cases, while the soil can be remediated the contaminant itself cannot be reclaimed. Soil washing ... -
Symmetric Gaussian Rearrangement with Applications to Gaussian Noise Stability
We introduce a new symmetric Gaussian rearrangement that applies to sets and functions which are invariant with respect to a given finite subgroup of the orthogonal group. The properties of this rearrangement are developed, ... -
Symmetry Transforms, Global Plasma Equilibria and Homotopy Analysis Method
(2010-08-25)Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) flows and equations have been the focus of a large number of researchers. Here a study of such flows and equations is presented. The first chapter contains a brief introduction to Homotopy ... -
Symptom Experience and Quality of Life in Children Who Have Survived a Brain Tumour
(2013-05-02)Purpose The purpose of this enquiry is to explore the symptom experience and the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of children who have survived a brain tumour. Design An emergent, mixed-method study design was ...