electronic theses and dissertations from 2009: recent submissions
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exploring the relationship between strengths of youth, their level of functioning, and internalizing or externalizing symptom expression
(2014-01-22)mental health assessments produce profiles specifying the nature and severity of youths’ symptoms and impairments. interest in developing more comprehensive mental health profiles has motivated efforts to also assess youth’s ... -
canada's policy towards communist china, 1949-1971
(2014-01-22)the decision of the canadian government in 1970 to recognize the people’s republic of china, which controlled mainland china, as the official government of china, as opposed to the republic of china, which only controlled ... -
an ostensible exercise in modernity: law, religious intervention, and social science in the case of bedford vs. canada
(2014-01-22)drawing on adele clarke’s (2005) method of situational analysis as well insights from the social construction of social problems approach (spector and kitsuse 1977; best 2008), symbolic interactionism (prus 1999) and ... -
rf coils design for small animal mri lung imaging at 3t using hyperpolarized 129xe and inert fluorinated gases
(2014-01-22)this thesis described the investigation, construction and testing of two sets of rf coils for their applications in novel lung mri imaging techniques. in the first part of the thesis, a quadrature-driven birdcage coil for ... -
an assessment of juvenile lake sturgeon movement and habitat use in the namakan river of northwestern ontario
(2013)the namakan river of northwestern ontario is home to a recovering population of lake sturgeon (acipenser fulvescens). although the adult portion of this population has been well studied in recent years, very little information ... -
speed sensorless and mppt control of ipm synchronous generator for wind energy conversion system
(2014-01-22)the popularity of renewable energy has experienced significant growth recently due to the foreseeable exhaustion of conventional fossil fuel power generation methods and increasing realization of the adverse effects that ... -
rbf neural network based generalized predictive control for nonlinear stochastic systems
(2014-01-22)almost all practical systems are nonlinear, which are subject to disturbances and contain uncertainties. in most cases, disturbances and uncertainties can be modeled as stochastic processes, which make it necessary to ... -
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 ...
