Browsing Queen's Graduate Theses and Dissertations by Title
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S. Maria Del Pianto: Loss, Remembrance And Legacy In Seventeenth Century Naples
(2007-11-05)This thesis explores the creation of the church of S. Maria del Pianto and its altarpieces commissioned in the wake of the Neapolitan plague of 1656. The church and its sacred images are representative of the devotional ... -
S. T. Coleridge, Shakespeare, and the Literary Uses of Sympathy
This thesis examines the role of sympathy in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s influential writings and lectures on Shakespeare. By the early nineteenth century, many Britons regarded Shakespeare as a literary genius and their ... -
Saccadic eye movement tasks assess central nervous system dysfunction and cognitive improvements in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
(2010-08-17)Background: The central nervous system (CNS) dysfunction resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is the most debilitating aspect of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Affected children exhibit numerous cognitive ... -
Saccadic eye movements and executive function in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): Results from a multi-centered study
(2008-09-04)A serious consequence of maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy is the fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS): characterized by growth deficiency (both pre- and post-natal), craniofacial dysmorphology and central nervous ... -
Saccadic eye movements and pause/articulation components during a letter naming speed task: Children with and without dyslexia
(2013-09-27)Naming speed (NS) tasks that measure how quickly and accurately participants can name visual stimuli (e.g., letters) are commonly used to predict reading ability. However, the link between NS and reading is poorly understood. ... -
Sagacious Liminality: The Boundaries of Wisdom in Old English and Old Norse-Icelandic Literature
(2014-05-09)This dissertation examines the relationship between wisdom and identity in Old English and Old Norse-Icelandic literature. At present, the study of medieval wisdom is largely tangential to the study of proverbs and maxims. ... -
Salmonella Enterica serovar Typhimurium Infection in Mouse Pregnancy
Salmonella are Gram-negative, intracellular food-borne pathogens that cause pregnancy complications. In pregnant mice, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S.Tm) infection results in placental bacterial replication, ... -
Salt-Doped Polymer Light-Emitting Devices
(2013-12-04)Polymer Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells (PLECs) are solid state devices based on the in situ electrochemical doping of the luminescent polymer and the formation of a p-n junction where light is emitted upon the ... -
Salvation from empire : the roots of Anishinabe Christianity in Upper Canada
(2008-07-18)This thesis examine the cultural interaction between Anishinabe people, who lived in what is now southern Ontario, and the Loyalists, Euroamerican settlers who moved north from the United States during and after the American ... -
Sandcastles of hope? Civil society organizations and the working conditions of migrant farmworkers in North America
(2016-06-15)This research explores whether civil society organizations (CSOs) can contribute to more effectively regulating the working conditions of temporary migrant farmworkers in North America. This dissertation unfolds in five ... -
SAXS and X-ray Crystallography Studies of the Cellulosome from Clostridium thermocellum
(2010-09-14)Cellulosomes are the most efficient plant cell wall degradation machines discovered to date. All cellulosomal components contain protein modules connected by linkers of varying lengths, which are predicted to be flexible. ... -
Scaffolding Multidimensional Understanding and Rule Use in Preschoolers' DCCS Performance
The goal of this dissertation was to examine how specific scaffolding strategies could affect executive functioning (EF) performance in preschool aged children, specifically shifting performance as measured by the Dimension ... -
Scalability-Driven Approaches to Key Aspects of the Message Passing Interface for Next Generation Supercomputing
(2014-05-23)The Message Passing Interface (MPI), which dominates the supercomputing programming environment, is used to orchestrate and fulfill communication in High Performance Computing (HPC). How far HPC programs can scale ... -
Scale-Up of Latex Reactors and Coagulators: A Combined CFD-PBE Approach
(2012-05-01)The successful production of a wide range of polymer latex products relies on the ability to control the rates of particle nucleation, growth and coagulation in order to maintain control over the particle size distribution ... -
Scaling and Optimization of Polymer Bulk Homojunction Light-Emitting and Photovoltaic Cells
(2008-09-15)The polymer light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) is an alternative method for producing electroluminescence (EL) from conjugated luminescent polymers. The in situ electrochemical doping process that leads to a dynamic ... -
Scaling of Metabolic Enzymes: Transcriptional Basis of Interspecies Variation in Mitochondrial Content
(2010-06-15)Mitochondrial content, an important determinant of muscle metabolic capacity, changes in individuals during development, and in response to physiological and environmental challenges. This phenotypic plasticity is attributed ... -
SCANNING OPTICAL IMAGING AND STRESS TESTS OF POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
Polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells (PLECs) were tested by means of bias stress, luminescent imaging and optical scanning probing. These cells were characterized in terms of the effect of doping on the operational ... -
Scanning Photocurrent and Photoluminescence Imaging of Frozen Polymer Light Emitting Electrochemical Cells
(2013-05-29)A polymer light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) is a solid-state polymer device operating according to in situ electrochemical doping and the formation of a light-emitting polymer p-n junction. This operating mechanism, ... -
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Small Aromatic Molecules on Semiconductor Surfaces
(2012-07-18)Understanding the behaviour of molecules on a semiconductor surface is necessary if molecular self-assembly is going to be employed, with existing semiconductor technology, to create useful devices. Si(111)-7x7 is an ... -
SCAPHOID AND LUNATE CARPAL MECHANICS OVER THE SPECTRUM OF HEALTHY FUNCTION
(2016-06-27)When ligaments within the wrist are damaged, the resulting loss in range of motion and grip strength can lead to reduced earning potential and restricted ability to perform important activities of daily living. Left ...