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The effects of a reduced-exertion high-intensity interval training protocol on measures of cardiovascular and metabolic health in physically inactive individuals
(2020)
Cardiometabolic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease are a
growing threat to the quality of life of the population. Exercise is a frontline approach to
treat and prevent cardiometabolic disease and its ...
Online sequential learning with non-iterative strategy for feature extraction, classification and data augmentation
(2020)
Network aims to optimize for minimizing the cost function and provide better
performance. This experimental optimization procedure is widely recognized as gradient descent, which is a form of iterative learning that starts ...
Impacts of Mysis diluviana extirpation on a whole lake ecosystem
(2020)
Understanding species interactions is critical to predicting the ecosystem-level
impacts of anthropogenically-caused species extirpations. In particular, the loss of
keystone species - those that have exceptionally large ...
Design and evaluation of novel fluorescent molecular probes targeting cathepsin B
(2020)
Lysosomal cysteine proteinase cathepsin B (CTB) is a member of the cysteine protease family
known to participate in intracellular degradation processes and protein turnover in the lysosomes
of healthy cells. Cathepsin B ...
A case for the commercial harvest of wild edible fungi in Northwestern Ontario
(2020)
This undergraduate thesis explores the feasibility of a commercial wild edible mushroom
industry in Northwestern Ontario. Commercially relevant fungi reviewed in this thesis include
chanterelles, matsutake, boletes, ...
Intraspecific height variation of white spruce provenances in Ontario
(2020)
Provenance tests in Ontario have been used for decades to evaluate the optimal
seed sources for different environments. Understanding the genetics, adaptations and
selection pressures of tree species using provenance ...
Jack pine budworm (choristoneura pinus) effects on fuel loading and resulting fire risk
(2020)
Plots were done in various locations to determine the effect of the jack pine budworm on fire frequency to the insect outbreaks on jack pine budworm infected sites. This information can be useful in determining resulting ...
The biomechanical effects of rotator cuff taping on muscle activity and throwing velocity in fatigued baseball players
(2020)
Introduction: Due to the repetitive, high forces and torques placed on an individual during a
baseball pitch, shoulder pain is present in 46-57% of pitchers. Therapeutic taping has been used
in various sports including ...
Cross laminated timber (CLT) future potential in Ontario compared with BC and Quebec
(2019)
Cross Laminated Timber is a relatively new timber product in Canada
with a bright future The product is an advancement that is allowing the industry
to create products for larger structures and more specifically taller ...
“The CCF is not a ‘Class’ Party”: labour, politics, and their unification at the Lakehead, 1944-1963
(2020)
"The CCF is not a 'Class' Party”: Labour and Politics at the Lakehead, 1944-1963” is a study of
the organized labour movement in the Lakehead from 1944 to 1963. This study analyzes the new
sophistication of the organized ...