electronic theses and dissertations from 2009: recent submissions
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the canadian forces and american military influence, 1963-1989
(2014-01-22)the 1963 to 1989 period witnessed a rapid change in canadian defence matters. during this period the canadian government forced the military away from its traditional ally the united kingdom and moved it closer to the ... -
hrv reactivity and new romance: cause or consequence?
(2014-01-22)this study explored two competing hypotheses explaining the association of heart rate variability (hrv) and romantic relationships. hrv refers to the variation between successive heartbeats and is considered to be a ... -
dynamic bandwidth scheduling and burst construction algorithm for downlink in (4g) mobile wimax networks
(2014-01-22)advanced wireless systems, also called fourth generation (4g) wireless systems, such as mobile worldwide interoperability for microwave access (wimax), are developed to provide broadband wireless access in true sense. ... -
control of doubly fed induction generator based wind energy conversion system
(2014-01-22)the doubly fed induction generator (dfig) is widely used in today’s wind energy conversion industry. the dfig is essentially a wound rotor induction generator in which the rotor circuit can be controlled by external devices ... -
novel hilbert huang transform techniques for bearing fault detection
(2014-01-22)bearings are commonly used in rotary machinery; while up to half of machinery malfunctions could be related to bearing defects. a reliable bearing fault detection technique becomes vital to a wide array of industries to ... -
the influence of personality traits on mood induction and memory
(2014-01-22)this study examines how recall measured over three time periods can be affected by mood induction, personality traits, and image characteristics. there were 101 people who participated in session 1, 92 participants completed ... -
emotion regulation strategies, cognitive personality styles, and context as predictors of psychological outcomes
(2014-01-22)emotion regulation (er) plays a central role in the development and maintenance of a number of clinical disorders including depression. research shows maladaptive er strategies to be more strongly associated with symptoms ... -
adaptive habitat selection by a single celled alga?
(2014-01-22)faculty and 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in the department of biology are bound together by a common interest in explaining the diversity of life, the fit between form and function, and the distribution and abundance of organisms. the research ... -
attentional bias and psychophysiological arousal in seasonal and nonseasonal depression symptoms
(2014-01-22)the present study investigated cognitive specificity in individuals with seasonal depression symptoms (sds) by comparing their attentional bias and psychophysiological arousal to cognitive schema-‐relevant stimuli with ... -
expert on her own body: contested framings of risk and expertise in discourses on unassisted childbirth
(2014-01-22)in spite of transitions to the culture of childbirth in late 20th century developed nations, the past decade has seen a rise of a new movement advocating for unassisted childbirth – that is, childbirth managed entirely by ... -
differential response of two common human papillomavirus 16 e6 variants to small interfering rna
(2014-01-22)high-risk human papillomaviruses (hpvs), such as hpv16, are implicated in causing virtually all cases of cervical cancer. molecular therapies capable of targeting hpv16 e6 oncoprotein expression can selectively eliminate ... -
it is only the beginning: an ethnohistory of mid-twentieth century land tenure in fort severn, ontario
(2014-01-22)this research presents the results of sixteen interviews with mushkego (swampy cree) elders from the community of fort severn, ontario. the interviews focused on commercial and subsistence trapping conducted in the mid-20th ... -
determining the "spread of effects" of physical activity interventions from children to parents/guardians
(2014-01-22)the purpose of this research was to determine whether parental involvement in a physical activity intervention delivered to children in-school could result in positive behaviour change in parents (“spread of effects”), as ... -
integrating a tactical harvest-scheduling model with a log sort-yard location model
(2014-01-22)failure to sort logs prior to their transportation to a mill can result in a loss of value in the forest products supply chain—for unsorted, higher value logs can be used in a low-value product where lower valued logs ... -
power minimization and optimum onu placements in integrated wireless optical access networks
(2014-01-22)the deployment of optical fibre in place of copper cable in access networks has experienced remarkable growth over the past several years due to a wide range of benefits. a major benefit of optical fibre over copper cable ... -
does the presentation of neonatal abstinence syndrome symptoms differ among infants based on exposure substance?
(2014-01-22)introduction: neonatal abstinence syndrome (nas) is one of the primary negative effects of substance use during pregnancy. neonatal abstinence syndrome refers to a generalized disorder observed in infants experiencing ... -
an investigation on the control of gold mineralization in the beardmore-geraldton greenstone belt and surrounding quetico-wabigoon subprovince boundary area
(2014-01-22)the beardmore-geraldton greenstone belt is located along the boundary between the wabigoon and quetico subprovinces in the superior province of the canadian shield. historical gold mines and current gold exploration camps ... -
examining the transfer of academic knowledge to business practitioners: doctoral program graduates as intermediaries
(2014-01-22)the relevance of academic research to practice has been a widespread topic for academics to debate. this study investigated whether practitioners who hold a business-related ph.d. degree may act as intermediaries in the ... -
how can non-native teachers develop culturally responsive programs in remote first nations communities? : learning from the experts
(2014-01-22)there are a growing number of scholars who argue that statistics alone do not provide an accurate depiction of aboriginal education and instead focus on successful education practices in aboriginal communities and schools. ... -
depositional processes operating on the paleoproterozoic gowganda ice margin
(2014-01-22)glacial sedimentary rocks of the huronian supergroup crop out along the north shore of lake huron and were likely deposited on what is thought to have been a divergent continental margin (fralick and miall, 1981; 1989). ...
