Browsing Queen's Graduate Theses and Dissertations by Title
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J.M. Coetzee and the Limits of Cosmopolitan Feeling
(2012-06-26)In this dissertation, I argue that accounts of cosmopolitan literature tend to equate cosmopolitanism with sympathetic feeling. I further contend that sympathy is in fact implicitly central to a wider body of contemporary ... -
Jamaican Middle-Class Immigrants in Toronto: Habitus, Capitals and Inclusion
(2014-01-30)This dissertation explores connections between the labour market experiences of skilled middle-class immigrants in Canada, and their civic engagement in both sending and receiving countries. My work expands scholarship by ... -
A 'Jaunt' Across the Pond: Investigating Patterns of Genetic Differentiation and Trans-Atlantic Migration in a Temperate Seabird (Morus Bassanus)
Our understanding of the mechanisms driving population divergence is dependent on our ability to effectively detect and interpret patterns of genetic differentiation. In natural populations, the evolutionary processes ... -
Jaw Movement During Sleep
(2008-09-04)Objective: We aim to improve our understanding of sleep physiology by describing the changes in mandibular position during sleep in normal subjects. Methods: We developed a novel method for mapping mandibular position ... -
« JE EST D’AUTRES » : INTERMÉDIALITÉ ET ALTÉRITÉ CHEZ DANY LAFERRIÈRE ET SERGIO KOKIS
(2010-09-30)Comment faire l’amour avec un Nègre sans se fatiguer (1985) by Dany Laferriere and L’art du maquillage (1997) by Sergio Kokis, are two novels that are part of what is known as migrant literature in Quebec. Both explore the ... -
Jean Vanier and The Transformational Model of Rehabilitation: Principles of Care for Concerned Professionals
(2007-10-26)Abstract The focus of this thesis is stress in rehabilitation professionals. Within the thesis, burnout encompasses compassion fatigue and moral stress. Therefore, burnout is the emotional and ethical fatigue which is ... -
Jebb's Antigone
(2015-08-17)Abstract In the introduction, chapter one, I seek to give a brief oversight of the thesis chapter by chapter. Chapter two is a brief biography of Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, the still internationally recognized ... -
Joint Modelling of Longitudinal Quality of Life Measurements and Survival Data in Cancer Clinical Trials
(2013-01-23)In cancer clinical trials, longitudinal Quality of Life (QoL) measurements on a patient may be analyzed by classical linear mixed models but some patients may drop out of study due to recurrence or death, which causes ... -
Joint Source-Channel Coding Reliability Function for Single and Multi-Terminal Communication Systems
(2008-05-15)Traditionally, source coding (data compression) and channel coding (error protection) are performed separately and sequentially, resulting in what we call a tandem (separate) coding system. In practical implementations, ... -
JOURNEYS INTO THE WINTER WILDERNESS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE TRADITIONAL WINTER CAMPING EXPERIENCE
(2015-08-20)This thesis reports on a phenomenological study designed to examine the traditional winter camping experience from the perspective of the participant. The specific research questions that guided this study were: (a) What ... -
Journeys of the Body, Journeys of the Mind: Ectypal and Archetypal Studies of Cervantes’ The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda
(2015-08-26)ABSTRACT This thesis offers an ectypal as well as an archetypal analysis of six characters from Miguel de Cervantes’ posthumous novel The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda (1617). It examines these characters both as ... -
Judicial review and the enforcement of human rights : the red and blue lights of the judiciary of Ghana
(2008-07-16)Constitutional democracy requires a constitutionalisation of Human Rights and the empowerment of judiciaries to enforce and protect such rights. In Ghana, these requirements have been put in place by the 1992 Constitution. ... -
The just urban food system: Exploring the geographies of social justice and retail food access in Kingston, Ontario
(2010-09-24)This dissertation explores poor retail food access in low-income, class-segregated communities through a social justice lens. Disadvantaged communities with poor food access—often called ‘food deserts’—have received ample ... -
Justice and Official Languages in Canada
(2012-02-29)This is a study of the politics of language in Canada from the perspective of francophone minority communities – the close to one million French-speakers living in provinces and territories outside Québec. The analysis ... -
Karst hazard analysis towards the development of predictive karst models for southern Ontario
(2016-10-03)An investigation into karst hazard in southern Ontario has been undertaken with the intention of leading to the development of predictive karst models for this region. The reason these are not currently feasible is a lack ... -
Keeping it in the Family: The (Re-) Production of Conjugal Citizens Through Canadian Immigration Policy and Practice
(2013-03-07)This is an examination of how conjugality acts as an access point for Canadian citizenship. The conjugal family unit — married or common-law — continues to be privileged in Canadian law and policy; this is especially evident ... -
Keeping Variables within Bounds: Using Information between Observations
This research develops an econometric framework to analyze time series processes with bounds. The framework is general enough that it can incorporate several different kinds of bounding information that constrain continuous-time ... -
'A Kind of Logic, A Kind of Dominant Logic': Navigating Colonialism, Honoring Black Mobility, and Thinking on Moving Through
(2016-06-22)My thesis thinks through the ways Newtonian logics require linear mobility in order to produce narratives of progress. I argue that this linear mobility, and the resulting logics, potentially erases the chaotic and non-linear ... -
Kinetic And Kinematic Adaptations To Use Of A Personal Lift Assist Device
(2008-10-02)The purpose of this work was to quantify the effect of the personal lift assist device (PLAD) on kinetic and kinematic variables commonly indentified as risk factors for low back pain (LBP). As such, three investigations ... -
Kinetic Modeling of Homo- and Co- Polymerization of Water-Soluble N-vinyl Monomers
(2011-12-22)Functional water-soluble polymers find applications in a variety of fields including waste-water treatment, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, drug delivery, and hygiene. Despite the increased demand for these products, understanding ...