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Federated learning framework and energy disaggregation techniques for residential energy management
(2023)Residential energy use is a significant part of total power usage in developed countries. To reduce overall energy use and save funds, these countries need solutions that help them keep track of how different appliances ... -
Feel the Power Feel Fit Girls program : a formative evaluation / by Alison Lorraine Massey.
(2007)This research study set out to formatively evaluate a physical activity program directed at female adolescents. The program, Feel the Power Feel Fit Girls (FTPFFG) is run by Hamilton Public Health Services and funded by ... -
FEM based analysis of highpass birdcage resonators for B1 field mapping
(2016)3D full wave finite element method (FEM) based electromagnetic (EM) analysis is a technique to map EM fields generated by electrical devices. To better understand and apply this technique to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ... -
Female Brazillian students' experiences at Canadian post-secondary institutions
(2017)This qualitative study investigated the experiences of Female Brazilian international students studying in Canadian post-secondary institutions. While funds and research have been invested in the promotion and marketing ... -
Female Canadian university sexual assault survivors: why they do not report
(2018)Female Canadian university students are at a high risk for sexual victimization and as few as 5% report the assault. Various Canadian provincial governments have put forward legislation to develop and improve university ... -
Female care partners’ experiences of their relative's transition to nursing home: a critical feminist perspective
(2023)The decision to transition a relative to a nursing home is usually preceded by many months or years of physical and emotional care. While women continue to do most of the care work throughout their lives due to socially ... -
Female nursing students' knowledge and beliefs about the human papilloma virus, its link to cervical cancer, and the importance of cervical screening
(2005)The purpose of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of the knowledge and beliefs about human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, its link to cervical cancer, and the importance of cervical screening among a group ... -
A feminist analysis of women’s chronic pain experiences in Northwestern Ontario
(2023)This feminist research project explores women’s experiences with chronic pain in Thunder Bay, Northwestern Ontario. Through an intersectional feminist narrative approach, I examine how chronic pain impacts women’s sense ... -
Fetal programming from sub-lethal radiation: glucose metabolism in the liver and brown adipose tissue
(2018)Exposure to ionizing radiation contributing to negative health outcomes is a widespread concern among the public, scientific community, and workers in the nuclear energy industry and diagnostic imaging field. However, ... -
Fiber laser system for the detection of trace gas
(2017)The research presented in this thesis is on the development of a trace gas detection system based on intracavity absorption spectroscopy (ICAS). The developed system was capable of detecting nitrous oxide (N2O) and acetylene ... -
Fictional and historical narrative strategies in the writings of R.M. Koster
(1996)This dissertation concerns R.M. Roster's first three novels. The Tinieblas Trilogy, a fourth novel entitled Carmichael's Dog, and his non-fictional account of Panamanian history, in The Time o f The Tyrants. The purpose ... -
Fictions of a settler-state: indigenous and iraqi peoples in canadian newspapers, 1990-2010
(2013-02-12)This thesis interrogates canadian newspaper coverage of Indigenous and Iraqi peoples from 1990 to 2010. I engage in discourse analysis of these primary source materials in order to extricate from them racial sentiments and ... -
Fighting an uphill battle : a history of public health reform in Fort William, 1892-1919
(2002)This thesis examines the public health problems faced by the city of Fort William from the 1890s to 1919. It deals specifically with the views of local health officials and the efforts that they undertook to remedy ... -
Finding a natural alternative from forest resources for plastic single use utensils
(2019)The use of plastics by society has increased tremendously due to the high durability of the product and low cost of production. High production has changed many products being made of natural materials such as wood to ... -
Finding food deserts : a spatial analysis of food security in Northwestern Ontario (1996-2006) / by Sarah Wintle.
(2010)The purpose of this study is to examine the state of food security in Northwestern Ontario communities by identifying food deserts, or neighbourhoods with high levels of social deprivation and limited access to nutritious ... -
The Fine root dynamics after stand-replacing fire and clearcutting in the boreal forest of central Canada
(2012-11-10)In boreal forest ecosystems, stand age is a key driver of forest ecosystem productivity, carbon storage/sequestration, and other ecosystem functions. The age-related decline of aboveground productivity is well known in ... -
Fine root dynamics for three distinct Northern Ontario forests : a comparison of approaches used to estimate fine root biomass, productivity, and turnover
(2009)There is increasing interest to develop quantitative approaches to carbon accounting and determine carbon sequestration potential at both the site and landscape scales. Currently, our lack of understanding of fine root ... -
Finger temperature recovery from stress
(1991)The purpose of the study was to determine whether finger temperature is a useful and reliable measure of physiological recovery from stress. The design was an ABA format in which days one and three involved a stressor, ... -
Finite element solutions to boundary value problems
(1977)The finite element solution of certain two-point boundary value problems is discussed. In order to obtain more accuracy than the linear finite element method can give, an order-h[superscript 4] global superconvergence ...