QSpace at Queen's University: Recent submissions
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Characterization and modeling of near-field BLEVE overpressure and ground loading hazards
Boiling Liquid Exploding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) is one of the most feared accident in the industry. Even though it has been studied for over 6 decades, many safety questions remain poorly answered: what happens if a BLEVE ... -
ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2 KNOCKOUT MICE AS A POTENTIAL MODEL OF VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Oxidative stress causes tissue damage in several models of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) and in age-related Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We have developed a novel oxidative stress-based mouse model of age-related cognitive ... -
‘STICKY WORDS’ AND TWISTED TONGUES: Rhetoric, Symbols, and Regime Resilience in Post-Genocide Rwanda
This dissertation examines the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front’s construction and deployment of political rhetoric and symbols as key facets of authoritarian resilience and ethnic ‘control’ in post-genocide Rwanda. It ... -
ON THE DETECTABILITY OF DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS OF ASTEROIDS AND SAGD RESERVOIRS USING GRAVIMETRY AND MUON TOMOGRAPHY
In this thesis, the procedures of modelling density distributions for different targets are investigated. In the process of evaluating density distributions of asteroids, gravity forward modelling shows that homogeneous ... -
Improvement of the capabilities of inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry for the analysis of complex matrices and for single particle analysis
The objective of this thesis is to explore new applications of inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). 1. The first application involved the development of a method for the direct bulk analysis ... -
Sleep Contributions to Hippocampal Gist Extraction
To better understand the world, humans scan the information contents of our experiences for patterns, corresponding to the extraction of gist, or essential meaning (Brainerd & Reyna, 1990). Research suggests that some forms ... -
Data Use in Ontario School Board Improvement Plans
Board improvement plans (BIP) are documents which include goals and actions to improve student achievement and well-being within a school board. School boards in Ontario are encouraged to use data to make informed educational ... -
Efficient Switched-Capacitor Converters
Switched-capacitor (SC) power converters are a class of converters comprised entirely of capacitors and switches. These converters contain no bulky magnetic components and are well suited for miniaturization and silicon ... -
Europe in Hard Times: Institutional Reconfiguration in the European Union since the 2008 Great Recession
The 2008 Great Recession was the trigger for the first real stress test of the European Monetary Union. The eurozone and the European Union were faced with a succession of three crises: financial, banking, and sovereign ... -
Biosynthesis of Prodiginine and Tambjamine Natural Products in Pseudoalteromonas Sp.
Prodiginines and tambjamines are two classes of pigmented natural products that display structural variety and hold many useful bioactivities, making them a desirable target for pharmaceutical agents. Enzymes PigC and TamQ ... -
“The Disease that Knowledge Must Cure”? Sites of Uncertainty and Imagined Futures of Baker Lake, Nunavut
After nearly eight years of formal environmental review, in July 2016, the Canadian federal government rejected the French multinational AREVA’s proposal to construct a uranium mine 80 kilometers west of Qamani’tuaq/Baker ... -
Soil from the Yellowknife, NT Region: Spatial Distribution of Arsenic, Characterization of Solid Phase Arsenic Hosts, and Distinguishing Giant and Con Mine Contamination
Historical gold mining in the Yellowknife, Northwest Territories region has led to a legacy of arsenic contamination in the region. Roasting of arsenopyrite hosting gold ore released arsenic trioxide (As2O3) via airborne ... -
Distinguishing Ritual from Theatre
This paper begins by analyzing Richard Schechner’s distinguishing features of ritual and theatrical performances, specifically regarding audience participation, audience belief, and intention of the performance to determine ... -
A Field and Numerical Study of Heat and Solute Transport in a Discrete Fracture
Two tracer experiments were conducted in a highly-transmissive discrete rock fracture to explore the transport properties of solute and heat, and the influence of fracture heterogeneities. The experiments were conducted ... -
NOVEL REAGENTS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF CALPAIN ACTIVITY IN VITRO AND IN VIVO
Calpains are multi-domain intracellular Ca2+-activated cysteine proteases. They participate in a number of cellular processes downstream of calcium signaling. Unregulated calpain activity, caused by a loss of calcium ... -
Ethics and Participation in Art: Reading the Migration Library and other methods
This dissertation portfolio provides a focused—albeit methodologically diverse—review of research ethics in the context of participatory art, including research-creation and social art practices. Focusing on a case of ... -
Nanoplasmonic Sensors Based on Chirped Crossed Surface Relief Gratings
This work presents a new type of nano-plasmonic sensor based on crossed surface relief gratings (CSRGs) with gradually varying pitch generated on top an azobenzene thin films using a 532 nm laser and a modified Lloyd mirror ...