Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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Understanding Chinese tourists' satisfaction with their travel experiences in Canada / by Kun Zhang.
(2007)The purpose of this study is to better understand Chinese tourists' satisfaction with their travel experiences in Canada. Primarily, tourism studies to date have addressed and examined the consumer or tourism satisfaction ... -
Inference in distributed multiagent reasoning systems in cooperation with artificial neural networks
(2007)This research is motivated by the need to support inference in intelligent decision support systems offered by multi-agent, distributed intelligent systems involving uncertainty. Probabilistic reasoning with graphical ... -
Wizards of Motion : evaluation of a helmet intervention program / by Pamela K. Marsh.
(2007)Lakehead University's Wizards of Motion program is designed to introduce students to the application of mechanics to the analysis of human motion. The Wizards Grade 7 helmet intervention module provides a unique opportunity ... -
Predictors of workplace absenteeism and duration of employment in cancer care workers / by Amanda Carosi.
(2007)Workplace absenteeism and duration of employment are growing concerns among health care organizations, in terms of high costs, lost productivity, and job turnover. The aim of this study was to identify sociodemographic and ... -
Terror management and pandemic influenza : social perception and response / by Jeffrey W. Sole.
(2007)Terror management theory provides a framework for investigating social responses likely to occur in the event of an influenza pandemic. The study predicted that where the threat of death from a pandemic was made salient ... -
Metaboreflex response to isometric handgrip exercise in people with Parkinson disease
(2007)The metaboreflex is a peripheral feedback mechanism involved in the neural regulation of cardiovascular response to exercise. In young, healthy adults, this reflex responds to the accumulation of exercise- induced ... -
Differences between elderly and young drivers : driving vigilance in two tasks
(2007)According to statistics for 2003, 9 in 100,000 people in Canada died from driving accidents. A high percentage (30-40%) of these took place due to sleepiness on monotonous road conditions. Therefore, driver vigilance must ... -
Positive and negative caregiver appraisal and caregiver health outcomes / by Sarah A. Vernon-Scott.
(2007)"The current study examined the role that positive appraisal (i.e., gain) and negative appraisal (i.e., burden) of caregiving can play in understanding caregivers' physical and mental health outcomes. Gender and kinship ... -
Nonlinear dynamics of railway wheelsets incorporating randomness
(2007)The thesis is to investigate the dynamic behavior of a single-axle railway wheelset and identify its chaotic behavior by means of time history, phase portrait, Lyapunov exponents, information dimension, bifurcation diagram ... -
Development and implementation of various speed controllers for wide speed range operation of IPMSM drive / by Md Muminul Islam Chy.
(2007)Despite many advantageous features of interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM), the precise speed control of an IPMSM drive becomes a complex issue due to nonlinear coupling among its winding currents and the ... -
Recent Chinese immigrants' perceptions of English language and culture learning in Canada
(2007)Study participants : 6 Chinese immigrations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. -
Self-tuned neuro-fuzzy controller based induction motor drive / by Zhi Rui Huang.
(2007)Among various ac motors, induction motor (IM) occupies almost 90% of the industrial drives due to its simple, robust construction and generally satisfactory efficiency as compared to dc motor. However, the control of IM ... -
Investigation of the Au-induced morphology of 3.8 and 12.3 degree silicon surfaces / by Wei Wu.
(2007)We have used a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and low energy electron diffraction to investigate the Au-induced morphology of vicinal Si samples miscut from (111) by 3.8°, and 12.3° toward [112]. The ... -
Predictive value of visual attention mechanisms for driving ability / by Marie J. Parkkari.
(2007)The increasing population of older adults and their greater risk of involvement in collisions has prompted research into various aspects of driving behaviour. Tests of visual attention have shown promise for predicting ... -
Chinese students' later-year experiences in Canadian universities / by Shimei Zang.
(2007)The mosaic of Canadian university campuses is changing to reflect the presence of more and more minority students, including both Chinese international and immigrant students. This qualitative study explored what Chinese ... -
Stand structure differences resulting from post-harvest silviculture in boreal mixedwoods
(2007)Under the Ontario Forest Accord, several parcels of land have recently been designated as protected areas reducing the area available for forest management. As a result, forestry companies will likely have to intensify ... -
Non-collocated control of vibration of a three-DOF structure using the electromagnetic vibration absorber
(2007)Vibration control is very important in many areas including machine operation and daily life. Semi-active vibration control integrates a tuning control scheme with a tunable vibration absorber for suppression of vibration ... -
Exploration of William Glasser's choice theory in classroom management / by Robert P.J. Paularinne.
(2007)The purpose of the study was to investigate whether secondary school teachers used Glasser's choice theory in classroom management and how it was operationalized and/or to describe the alternative approaches they may be ... -
Transport of Escherichia coli through soil / by Bruce Rosa.
(2007)Sorption is an important process in the retention of pathogens by clay barriers. Batch sorption experiments were conducted to investigate the sorption of nonpathogenic 'E. coli' to illite, kaolinite, and montmorillonite ... -
On-line estimation of first order plus dead time process parameters based on under or over-parameterized models
(2007)Simple on-line process identification methods that can be used in tuning PID controllers or any other controllers have been studied in this work. The underlying continuous-time first order plus dead time FOPDT process model ...