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Operant conditioning of spitting behaviour in the archer fish (Toxotes jaculator)
(1989)The archer fish, Toxotesjaculator, has the ability to knock insects out of the air by spitting at them. Although many studies have been done using the archer fish, it has never been considered from the operant conditioning ... -
Opportunities for character development in multi-cultural settings
(2018)This dissertation explores character development opportunities in for first-generation Nepali immigrant students, as exemplified in Ontario public school classrooms. The theoretical framework for this dissertation is derived ... -
Opportunities for Indigenous fire stewardship within Ontario’s policy framework
(2023)Indigenous people have used fire as a tool for thousands of years for resource management, community protection, and cultural purposes. The criminalization of the practice during colonization in combination with a history ... -
Optical determination of metal-semiconductor Schottky barriers
(1982)The photovoltage produced by a Schottky barrier photocell shows a strong temperature dependence if the barrier is not too large. We have used this temperature dependence to obtain the barrier height for several ... -
Optical spectroscopy of colon tissue and a breast cancer cell line : potential for cancer detection
(2004)Two forms of cancer affecting a large number of individuals are breast cancer and colon cancer. In 2003, it was projected that approximately 21000 Canadians would be diagnosed with breast cancer and another 18000 would ... -
Optically-excited excitonic states in semiconductor superlattices
(2002)An efficient method for calculation of the exciton states in type-I superlattices is developed and demonstrated. The model, based on the work of Dignam & Sipe [Phys. Rev. B 43,4097 (1991)], includes bound and quasi-continuous ... -
Optimal black spruce seed sources for anticipated future climates
(2020)Climate change is occurring at an increasingly rapid pace. Many tree species, even those with wide seed dispersal and high genetic variability, are long-lived and unable to “keep pace” with these shifting climates. The ... -
Optimal trajectory control of series resonant converter
(2001)Resonant power converters have gained increased attention in industry due to various advantages over conventional pulse width modulation (PWM) converters. Resonant converters have improved transient response, reduced ... -
Optimization of hospital emergency department
(2021)This thesis is centered around the topic of emergency department(ED) optimization. Working in conjunction with the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre a simulation model was developed to determine an optimal ... -
Optimization of Software Transactional Memory through Linear Regression and Decision Tree
(2015)Software Transactional Memory (STM) is a promising paradigm that facilitates programming for shared memory multiprocessors. In STM programs, synchronization of accesses to the shared memory locations is fully handled by ... -
Optimization of the process for sol-gel derived ZnO:Al thin films for transparent conducting oxide applications
(2021)Transparent and conducting Al-doped ZnO thin films with c-axis-preferred orientation were prepared on glass substrate via sol-gel route. The physical, optical and electrical properties were investigated to determine an ... -
Optimizing the sensitivity and specificity of genetic disease detection / by Travis E. Marion.
(2007)The molecular diagnosis of genetic disease is of great importance to the field of medicine and medical research. Though many rare inherited diseases have been described in the medical literature, the inheritance pattern ... -
Optimizing the transfer of patient care information among nurses and members of the multidisciplinary team in a regional hospital in Northwestern Ontario / by Karina Gagalo.
(2008)This study was designed to examine the current methods and content of shift report at a hospital in Northwestern Ontario. It also examined the potential of a computer-generated method of shift report to improve communication ... -
Optimum switch sizing for class DE amplifier
(2018)Recently, integrated class DE ampli fiers without matching networks have been proposed as a compact solution to drive a multi-element piezoelectric ultrasound transducer array for high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ... -
Oral contraceptives and emotional memory
(2015)Previous research has suggested that oral contraceptive (OC) use is associated with altered memory for an emotional story. The current study further examined the extent to which OCs influence emotional memory by examining ... -
Ordered supramolecular oligothiophene structures on passivated silicon surfaces
(2014)The adsorption of brominated tetrathienoanthracene molecules (TBTTA) onto the Si(111) 3-Ag surface has been studied. The molecules were absorbed at room temperature and annealed up to 400C. One monolayer of Ag was used to ... -
Ordinary lives : extraordinary narratives, the transformation of character and theme in the fiction of Carol Shields
(1997)The primary objective o f this thesis is to examine the ways in which the ordinary lives that Carol Shields describes in her fiction are transformed into extraordinary narratives. I will use three of Shields’ novels as ... -
Ore mineralogy of Mattabi mine, Northwestern Ontario, Canada
(1990)The Mattabi Mine, a volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit located 60 km north of Ignace, Ontario, in the Archean Superior Province, produced 13.5 mt of ore with an average grade 7.5% Zn, 0.88% Cu, 0.77% Pb and 3.10 oz/t Ag ... -
Organic semiconductors containing multi-heteroatom rings
(2018)Oligomers of thiophene are ubiquitous in molecular materials research. Other ring systems, especially those lacking at least C2v symmetry are much less common. We investigated thiophene-thiazole, pyrrole-thiazole, ... -
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 ...