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Perpetually "needs improvement": pre-service teachers' knowledge of social justice and education
(2015-08-05)
The author of this thesis uses grounded theory methodology to illuminate pre-service
teachers’ understandings of social justice concepts, theories, and perspectives at the beginning of
their teacher education programs. ...
The Effects of Therapeutic Tape on Pain, Range of Motion, Power, Balance and Strength in Physically Active Individuals with Patellar Tendinopathy
(2015)
Patellar tendinopathy is a common injury found among active populations. Typically,
tendon pain and tenderness are the most prevalent symptoms associated with patellar
tendinopathy and can range from mild to severe. This ...
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 ...
The wild west of policy making : a discourse analysis of primary and secondary schools' social media policies
(2015-02-02)
Social media has become a technology that is increasingly shaping how
young people connect, socialize, and learn (Ahn, 2011). Many educators and
administrators endeavour to understand how this communications tool has ...
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 ...
Monitoring for success in stream restoration: a case study of the Kama Creek, north shore of Lake Superior
(2015-06-15)
This thesis investigates the use of success criteria to evaluate the changes induced by a small-scale stream restoration project. The research is based on a case study of the Kama Creek, Nipigon Bay, Lake Superior. Declines ...
Depositional processes operating on the paleoproterozoic gowganda ice margin
(2014-01-22)
Glacial sedimentary rocks of the Huronian Supergroup crop out along the north shore of Lake Huron and were likely deposited on what is thought to have been a divergent
continental margin (Fralick and Miall, 1981; 1989). ...
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 ...
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 ...
Submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment and membrane fouling characterization and control
(2012-11-10)
This thesis focused on effects of transient conditions (pH shocks, temperature
variation and temperature shocks) on the performance and membrane fouling
characterization and control of submerged anaerobic membrane ...