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Geology, geochemistry and geochronology of the Hemlo East property, Schreiber-Hemlo Greenstone Belt, Ontario
(2014-01-22)
The Hemlo East property is located approximately 50 kilometres east of the
town of Marathon, Ontario and is situated within the Schreiber-Hemlo greenstone belt
of the Wawa-Abitibi Terrane of the Archean Superior Province. ...
Perceived stress, psychological functioning and sleep in night eating syndrome
(2014-12-11)
Night eating syndrome (NES) is defined primarily by evening hyperphagia, and may be accompanied by morning anorexia, sleep disturbance, and depressed mood that worsens in the evening. It is viewed as a circadian disorder ...
Role of safe sites in black spruce recruitment and growth release in post-fire Kalmia heath
(2014-01-22)
The goal of this thesis was to explain black spruce regeneration in postfire sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia L., hereafter referred to as Kalmia) dominated chronosequence in light of safe site density. The concept of ...
Dynamic resource allocation algorithms for long term evolution (LTE) wireless broadband networks
(2014-01-22)
Following the successful standardization of High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA), the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) recently specified the Long Term Evolution (LTE) as a next generation radio network technology to ...
Testing British Columbia's water quality guidelines as a mixture of four important contaminants, hardness, exposure time, and species effects
(2014-12-19)
Provincial water quality guidelines are established in order to prevent detrimental effects
of a single toxicant from affecting the health of resident aquatic life. However, the
elevation of pollutants in freshwater can ...
Novel Hilbert Huang transform techniques for bearing fault detection
(2014-01-22)
Bearings are commonly used in rotary machinery; while up to half of machinery malfunctions could be related to bearing defects. A reliable bearing fault detection technique becomes vital to a wide array of industries to ...
Adaptability in moose (Alces alces L) : habitat selection in two landscapes in Newfoundland, Canada
(2014-01-22)
Moose (Alces alces [L.]) exist circumglobally and in a vast array of different habitats. I explore differences in habitat selection in relation to differences in availability of forest stands by habitat type and number of ...
An investigation on the control of gold mineralization in the Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt and surrounding Quetico-Wabigoon subprovince boundary area
(2014-01-22)
The Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt is located along the boundary between the Wabigoon and Quetico subprovinces in the Superior province of the Canadian Shield. Historical gold mines and current gold exploration camps ...
The association between watershed characteristics and mercury concentrations in fish of Northern Ontario lakes
(2014-01-22)
Many landscape, limnological, and ecological factors synergistically affect the mercury cycle and subsequently influence total mercury (THg) concentrations in fish. In Chapter 1, the associations between watershed and lake ...
Characterizing the microbial degradation of kraft lignin and lignin-derived compounds
(2014-12-12)
Analytical methods for characterizing the microbial degradation of Kraft lignin
and lignin-derived compounds were utilized with the goal of biologically generating
demethylated lignin for subsequent industrial applications. ...