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Daguerreotype as analogy for Whitman's Leaves of Grass
(1993)We commence our examination of the kaleidoscopic range of connections between Whitman and the daguerreotype with a simple, unpretentious news column by Whitman entitled "Visit to Plumbe’s Gallery". This leads to ... -
Dark Current modeling and characterization of amorphous lead oxide-based x-ray photoconductive devices for applications in medical imaging
(2022)High atomic number (Z) polycrystalline and amorphous photoconductors are currently being investigated to extend direct conversion X-ray detectors to real-time and high-energy lowdose applications. Amorphous lead oxide ... -
A data warehouse-oriented methodology for qualitative semi-structured web information and social networking sites' user status search
(2019)Finding most desired and useful information from the diverse information and content embedded on webpages has become more challenging due to the rapid growth of websites and webpages, dynamic changes and updates of ... -
Data-driven traversability estimation for mobile robot navigation
(2021)Mobile robots have a promising application prospect as they can assist or replace humans to perform laborious, repetitive or dangerous tasks in various scenarios. There has been a large number of studies for mobile robot ... -
Database anonymization and protections of sensitive attributes
(2008)The importance of database anonymization has become increasingly critical for organizations that publish their database to the public. Current security measures for anonymization poses different manner of drawbacks. ... -
Dating preferences in later life
(2004)Proponents of evolutionary theory assert that mate selection preferences are affected by the biology of reproduction, and that sex differences in mate preferences reflect biological differences regarding reproduction. ... -
Dawn of discovery : Margaret Atwood's Morning in the burned house
(1996)Morning in the Burned House, Margaret Atwood's new collection of lyric poetry, is a carefully structured exploration of the spiritual dimension of selfhood. The volume is divided into five sections which each serve as ... -
A deadly dimorph: what you need to know about Blastomyces spp.
(2019)Maxx had just returned from spending a holiday weekend at a camp near Geraldton, Ontario when his owners noticed he just “wasn’t himself.” He began coughing and then “started licking his paws a lot.” When his paws began ... -
Death and bereavement in Northern Ontario's long-term care facilities
(2004)The formal and informal supports available to families, staff, and residents of long-term care facilities, along with how death was handled, were examined. With the assistance of long-term care staff, a survey was developed ... -
Death education : simulating the end of life to beginning healthcare providers
(2015)The national Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada report advocates that professional healthcare education must become even more important for a systems-wide approach to handling hospice palliative and end-of-life ... -
The Decline of a Northern Lake Superior marsh : a study of the cause and effect
(2009)This study quantified the loss of vegetation in Mission Marsh located within the city limits of Thunder Bay on the northern shore of Lake Superior, suggested the most likely cause of this vegetation loss, and examined in ... -
Decolonizing (for settlers): a pedagogical framework for enacting responsibilities
(2021)The first section of this portfolio offers a grounding of core concepts central to the framework, specifically an explanation of settler colonialism, why use the terms Indigenous and settler, and what decolonization ... -
Decolonizing actions that speak louder than words : science education through multiple lenses in Nunavut / by Marc Higgins.
(2010)"Education in Nunavut, still largely based on Euro-Canadian knowledge and Western teachings, is a negative experience for many Nunavut youth - the result of cultural inappropriateness and worldview mismatch. The mismatch ... -
Decolonizing environmental science education: (Re)storying relations for settler educator unsettling
(2024)The purpose of this portfolio is to emphasize, demonstrate, and role-model the inherent responsibility that all settler educators have in decolonizing their own ways of knowing, being, doing and belonging before they can ... -
Decomposition of 2-propanol over vanadium pentoxide and modified vanadium pentoxide catalysts
(1977)The catalytic decomposition of 2-propanol has been investigated in a flow system from 200-300°C on vanadium pentoxide and modified vanadium pentoxide catalysts. Dehydration, dehydrogenation and propane formation were ... -
Deconstructing Canada’s colonial narrative: creating space for Indigenous narratives in Canadian heritage
(2023)Canada’s colonial legacy affects how heritage spaces are interpreted to emphasize nationbuilding at the expense of Indigenous narratives. This project explores how Canadians might collaboratively deconstruct the dominant ... -
Deep learning based image super resolution
(2021)Image super resolution is one of the most significant computer vision researches aiming to reconstruct high resolution images with realistic details from low resolution images. In the past years, a number of traditional ... -
Deep learning techniques for the radiological imaging of COVID-19
(2021)The AI research community has recently been intensely focused on diagnosing COVID19 by applying deep learning technology to the X-ray scans taken of COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 shares many of the same imaging characteristics ... -
Defective cognitive inhibition in depression
(2002)This study examined attentional inhibition in depressed and nondepressed individuals using a computerized negative priming task. Previous research has suggested that defective inhibition may explain the selective attention ... -
Defining "success" in Indigenous education: exploring the perspectives of Indigenous educators in a Canadian city
(2014-11-28)The purpose of this study was to frame success for Indigenous students in public boards in the experience, knowledge and beliefs of practicing Indigenous educators. Seven Indigenous public school educators in teaching and ...
