electronic theses and dissertations: recent submissions
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predicting mixing trends in mine-receiving waters using water quality modeling
(2016)complete mixing of the water column of lakes is important to ensure that nutrients and dissolved oxygen are replenished and equalized throughout the lake. this ensures that organisms within the lake at all trophic levels ... -
biogenic lead levels in human skeletal remains from the cemetery of the british royal navy hospital (1793-1822ce) at english harbour, antigua west indies
(2015)though lead has been known to be a cause of human poisoning since ancient times, it was a widely used metal. the relationship between ancestry or age and lead exposure in the colonial period of antigua, west indies was ... -
anxieties at the end: exploring the figure of the literary ghost and threatened social order at the victorian fin de siecle
(2015)the end of the century was a turbulent time for england. as victoria's reign came to an end, england's foundation was undergoing a sort of renovation. this thesis considers the figure of the victorian ghost in the social ... -
plasmonic nanostructure on a tapered fiber for chemical detection
(2017)a simple, cost effective technique to manufacture plasmonic nanostructures as a surface enhanced raman spectroscopy (sers) substrate was investigated. the plasmonic structure of gold nanorods was developed on the surface ... -
pre-service teacher perceptions of white privilege in a two-year teacher education program
(2017)the purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teachers’ perceptions of white privilege in a two-year teacher education program. this study employed a qualitative approach and interviews were utilized as the primary ... -
the transformative potential of community and collective arts pedagogies in thunder bay, canada
(2017)this dissertation presents the transformative potential of community art collectives and outlines the pedagogical practices and decisions that contribute to their impact in the community. the research took place in thunder ... -
the consequences of alcohol measure: psychometric evaluation of a new measure of positive and negative consequences of alcohol use
(2016)alcohol is a widely used substance among university 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 . there are several measures that are used to assess the consequences of alcohol consumption. however, current instruments fail to capture several behavioural ... -
lead oxide (pbo) for direct conversion detectors
(2017)there is great interest in the utilization of non-crystalline photoconductors for direct conversion medical x-ray imaging detectors. lead oxide (pbo) is one of the most promising candidates for application in general ... -
sustainable happiness in an ecovillage: exploring the impacts of sustainable living on individual happiness
(2017)while there has been substantial growth in scholarly attention to negative emotional responses to environmental issues such as climate change, limited research has been conducted on the converse, such as how environmentally ... -
species relative abundance and aboveground biomass production driven by climate change and stand ageing
(2015)understanding forest communities’ responses to climate change is central to global change ecology research. access to large data sets from government sources has enabled extensive examinations of the effects of climate ... -
phytochemical analysis of boreal forest flora of northwestern ontario, canada
(2017)the following research document has been written in the format of a thesis by publication. as such, there is an introductory and concluding chapter to provide addition information and context to the scope of the study, ... -
mitigating the impact of decompression latency in l1 compressed data caches via prefetching
(2017)expanding cache size is a common approach for reducing cache miss rates and increasing performance in processors. this approach, however, comes at a cost of increased static and dynamic power consumption by the cache. ... -
more than pink shirts and posters: beyond the limits of anti-homophobia education
(2017)most schools in canada are unsafe spaces for queer youth or those perceived by their peers as queer. gay/straight alliances (gsas) and other lgbtq+ inclusive groups exist in schools with the goal of mitigating and working ... -
ethical considerations for mindfulness in education: prescriptive quick fix or transformational paradigm shift?
(2017)while mindfulness practices have demonstrated utility in bolstering human well-being and functioning, they are certainly not beyond reproach. purser and loy (2013) have coined the term “mcmindfulness” to refer to instrumental ... -
social modeling of eating and the mirror neuron system: the role of neurophysiological mechanisms in predicting susceptibility to modeling
(2017)the social modeling of eating effect refers to the consistently demonstrated phenomenon that individuals tend to match the quantity of their food intake to their eating companion. the current study aimed to explore the ... -
zooplankton community dynamics in the trent seven waterway along lake simcoe and lake couchiching
(2017)the trent severn waterway (tsw) is a 386km channel that connects lake ontario to georgian bay. there is a lack of information on the water quality in the nearshore region of the tsw specifically in regards to the planktonic ... -
is orthorexia a security motivated eating behaviour? an examination through cognitive bias and cardiac reactivity to food
(2017)orthorexia is a rigid style of eating that aims to prevent illness that is characterized by a preference for natural foods was investigated as a biologically driven trait with evolutionary roots in a precautionary system ... -
year-round biodiesel use strategy in diesel engines in canadian adverse cold weather conditions
(2017)the effects of climate change that have been seen at an unprecedented scale over last decade or so, have sparked intensive efforts toward the identification and development of clean, environmentally compatible, and renewable ... -
experimental study on mixing of activated sludge with or without air in a mixing tank through electrical resistance tomography (ert) and response surface methodology
(2017)in such industrial processes as oxidation, hydrogenation, and biological fermentation gas and liquid are contacted and mixed to reach steady condition. the unit operations applied for gas/liquid processes include but are ... -
macro- and micro-structure comparison of ancient and modern iron-rich stromatolites
(2015)the gunflint and biwabik formations comprise the middle units of the paleoproterozoic animikie group that crop out near the northwestern shore of lake superior. stromatolitic units were investigated and sampled at 9 outcrop ...
