electronic theses and dissertations: recent submissions
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mediators' perspectives on the ontario family mediation process and its potential impact on abused women and children's education
(2014-01-22)this research focused on the perspectives of seven mediators in thunder bay on what will happen to abused women if the mandatory mediation information program is actually implemented into the divorce process in northwestern ... -
prediction of overheating close to bone interfaces generated by high intensity ultrasound transducers
(2014-01-22)one of the driving forces for research in medical sciences is to develop more effective and less intrusive treatments. high intensity ultrasound (hiu) is a technique that uses the acoustic field produced by a transducer ... -
charcoal in north american boreal forests: implications for carbon storage and management
(2014-01-22)charcoal plays an important role in boreal soil function and carbon storage, and is present in most boreal forest soils as a result of naturally recurring wildfires. charcoal management has been proposed as a potentially ... -
formational processes of recent, arsenic rich, ferromanganese lacustrine precipitates in nova scotia and northern ontario
(2014-01-22)banded iron - and manganese - rich precipitates were collected from the lake bottoms of lake charlotte (nova scotia), lake shebandowan (ontario) and sowden lake (ontario). investigations of study areas at the macro, meso ... -
empirical recovery performance of fourier-based deterministic compressed sensing
(2014-01-22)compressed sensing is a novel technique where one can recover sparse signals from the undersampled measurements. mathematically, measuring an n-dimensional signal... -
microscopic modeling of high-field charge transport in amorphous selenium
(2014-01-22)avalanche multiplication of charge carriers as a result of successive impact ionization has led to the development of solid state avalanche photo-detectors. crystalline based avalanche photodiodes have found a variety of ... -
exploring wild blueberries as a place-based socio-economic development opportunity in ignace, ontario
(2014-01-22)wild blueberries are an important food source in rural communities of northwestern ontario, and can be used as a possible alternative to diversify their economic resource base. this study explores the socio-economic ... -
membrane fouling and its control in drinking water membrane filtration process
(2014-01-22)treatment of surface water in the presence of natural organic matters (nom) becomes a challenging issue to meet stringent rules of safe drinking water act (sdwa). ultrafiltration (uf) membrane is emerging as an efficient ... -
terrestrial lichen abundance in relation to stand structure and silvicultural history
(2014-01-22)terrestrial lichen has been identified as an important factor contributing to suitable woodland caribou (rangifer tarandus caribou) winter habitat. conservation efforts to maintain viable populations of woodland caribou ... -
climate change-associated temporal increase of tree mortality and its consequences in central and western canadian boreal forests
(2014-01-22)tree mortality influences forest structure, composition and ecosystem functions. to assess how recent climate changes affected tree mortality, observational studies conducted in old-growth forests have shown that tree ... -
the design, synthesis and enzymatic evaluation of aminocyclitol inhibitors of glucocerebrosidase
(2014-01-22)gaucher disease, the most common lysosomal storage disorder, is caused by mutations in the gba gene which codes for the enzyme glucocerebrosidase (gcase) resulting in its deficiency. gcase deficiency results in the ... -
performance and emissions of a di diesel engine fueled by different biodiesel blends
(2014-01-22)biodiesel has been a promising clean alternative fuel to fossil fuels, which reduces the emissions that are released by fossil fuels, and possibly reduces the energy crisis caused by the exhaustion of petroleum resources ... -
rise of the machine: the making of the video game industry and military simulation
(2014-01-22)rise of the machine assesses the history and development of the home video game industry and its technological evolution from a military industrial structure that has its roots in the second world war. the thesis focuses ... -
synthesis and electrochemical study of palladium-based nanomaterials for green energy applications
(2014-01-22)rising global energy consumption leads to increased environmental impacts. the continued use of current energy resources, e.g. fossil fuels, will exaggerate the cumulative nature of co2 byproduct emissions in the atmosphere. ... -
a study of driving cessation and its association with satisfaction with life
(2014-01-22)older drivers are the fastest growing segment of the canadian driving population and, as a consequence, the numbers who face the experience of stopping driving will continue to rise. a review of the literature reveals that ... -
comparative analysis of wood pellet parameters: canadian case study
(2014-01-22)canada is one of the world leaders in wood pellet production and export, however, domestic consumption is extremely low. in addition there is no national standard in canada for wood pellets. the canadian government announced ... -
heuristic approaches for energy-efficient shared restoration in wdm networks
(2014-01-22)in recent years, there has been ongoing research on the design of energy-efficient wavelength division multiplexing (wdm) networks. the explosive growth of internet traffic has led to increased power consumption of network ... -
lake trout and their egg predators' ability to locate spawning substrate using olfaction
(2014-01-22)lake trout spawning sites, and the substrate on these sites, are structurally unique in many ways. these sites are generally at the end of the fetch of a lake, close to shore (1 m) and composed of small to medium sized ... -
investigation of winter habitat selection by woodland caribou in relation to forage abundance and snow accumulation
(2014-01-22)imprecision and misclassification of land cover types are two issues commonly encountered in habitat selection studies using satellite land cover classifications and telemetry data. here, the utility of broad land cover ... -
seeing without rods or cones: contributions of intrinsically-photosensitive retinal ganglion cells to the image-forming visual system
(2014-01-22)it was long thought that rods and cones were the only components of the mammalian retina capable of conveying light information to the brain. recently, a novel class of transduction-capable retinal ganglion cells containing ...
