QSpace at Queen's University: Recent submissions
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A Window to the Mind: Validation of a New Method to Measure Thought Dynamics Using Brain Network Meta-State Transitions
In addition to what people are thinking about, researchers are also increasingly interested in how humans flow continuously from one mental state to the next (i.e., the flights and perches of thought; James, 1890). Can we ... -
The influence of persistent genital arousal (PGA) on romantic relationships
Persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD) is characterized by sensations of physiological genital sexual arousal that occurs in the absence of subjective feelings of sexual desire. Although partner factors have been ... -
A Multimethod Investigation of Women's Sexual Arousal
The research program presented in this dissertation describes a multimethod investigation of women’s sexual arousal. Across three empirical studies, alternative approaches to sexual psychophysiology research were adopted ... -
Phase Space Structure of Disequilibrium in the Milky Way
Following Gaia Data Release 2, observations of spiral structure in the vertical phase space of the Milky Way have been made. In this thesis we set out to explain these structures, using a combination of analytic modeling, ... -
Writing the Other, Writing the Self: British Travelogues and Iranian Women’s Life Writing, 1890s-1920s
This dissertation examines the ways that Iranian women’s writing deployed and reshaped the life narrative form to suit the social milieu of early twentieth-century Iran. In terms of scope, this project examines British ... -
Fascism and Settler Colonialism in Canada
This thesis aims to map out the relationship between fascism and settler colonialism in Canada. In the first chapter, I go through a number of theories of fascism, including by contemporary historians and 20th century ... -
THE EFFECTS OF VARIABLE LEVELS OF p75 EXPRESSION ON ABERRANT SYMPATHETIC AXON SPROUTING INTO SENSORY GANGLIA OF MICE OVEREXPRESSING LEVELS OF NGF PRODUCTION
Growth and regeneration of nervous tissue in adult mammalian organisms is limited to a few locations in the body, and to special circumstances that induce proliferation. One way that neuronal trophism can be initiated is ... -
High-Throughput Dense Wireless Networks in Unlicensed Spectrum
Dense deployment of wireless local area networks (WLANs) will support the prolific data traffic in future wireless networks beyond fifth generation (B5G), either as small cells for cellular data offloading or last-miles ... -
IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASES REGULATING THE HIPPO PATHWAY IN CANCER CELLS
Several studies have shown that the Hippo pathway plays an important role in tissue growth, organ size control, and cell death. Deregulation of the Hippo pathway contributes to loss of cell contact inhibition and continuing ... -
Fair-weather liberalism: institutional preparedness for severe climate change
What if we fail to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and so face its more severe impacts? I argue we must take this possibility seriously and doing so reveals a new obligation of climate justice – contingency planning ... -
Attractiveness and Sexual Response
Gynephilic (attracted to women) men’s sexual responses are strongly dependent upon the gender of a sexual target, while androphilic (attracted to men) women’s sexual responses may be more dependent upon contextual cues ... -
The Relationship Between fMRI and Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder (CAN-BIND12)
Objective: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mental health issue which features a breadth of symptoms and variable presentations. Subsequently, the method of diagnosis/treatment is not one with a clear and infallible ... -
Superabsorbent hydrogels made from bio-sourced butyrolactone monomer in aqueous solution
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2017-10-10)A new water-soluble monomer, sodium 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-methylene butanoate (SHMeMB), formed by saponification of the bio-derived monomer γ-methyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone (MeMBL), was copolymerized with acrylamide ... -
Polylactic acid macromonomer radical propagation kinetics and degradation behaviour
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2017-08-01)Polylactic acid ethyl ester methacrylate (PLANEMA) macromonomers are synthesized with N = 1, 5, 7, and 9 average number of polyester units. While propagation rate coefficients (kp) determined by pulsed laser polymerization ... -
Solvent Effects on Radical Copolymerization Kinetics of 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate and Butyl Methacrylate
(MDPI AG, 2019-03)2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) is an important component of many acrylic resins used in coatings formulations, as the functionality ensures that the chains participate in the cross-linking reactions required to form ... -
The Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on Radical Semi-Batch Copolymerization of Butyl Acrylate and 2-Hydroxyethyl Acrylate
(MDPI AG, 2017-08)The radical copolymerization of butyl acrylate (BA) and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA) was investigated under batch and semi-batch operations, with a focus on the influence of hydrogen-bonding on acrylate backbiting. The ... -
Radical Copolymerization Kinetics of Bio-Renewable Butyrolactone Monomer in Aqueous Solution
(MDPI AG, 2017-12)The radical copolymerization kinetics of acrylamide (AM) and the water-soluble monomer sodium 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-methylene butanoate (SHMeMB), formed by saponification of the bio-sourced monomer γ-methyl-α-methylene-γ- ... -
Hydrogen bonding in radical solution copolymerization kinetics of acrylates and methacrylates: a comparison of hydroxy- and methoxy-functionality
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2017-03-21)The pulsed-laser polymerization technique in combination with size exclusion chromatography and nuclear magnetic resonance is used to study the influences of solvent choice and monomer structure on the copolymerization ... -
The influence of hydrogen bonding on radical chain-growth parameters for butyl methacrylate/2-hydroxyethyl acrylate solution copolymerization
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2016-07-05)2-Hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA), commonly introduced to control resin properties and introduce crosslinking sites, affects radical copolymerization kinetics through hydrogen-bonding, with the extent of the influence dependent ... -
Aqueous copper(0) mediated reversible deactivation radical polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2015-09-01)Reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) of 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate in D2O with Cu(0) wire mediation and with two-step Cu(0) in situ mediation was investigated. The concentration of active species on the Cu(0) ...