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Plant abundance, diversity, and composition following reclamation in Alberta's oil sands
(2014-12-18)
The Alberta oil sands have caused an economic boom in the Canadian economy in recent years. Identifying the best strategy for vegetation recovery after oil sands extraction is critical to restoring the biodiversity and ...
Aquatic habitat use by North American moose (Alces alces) and associated richness and biomass of submersed and floating-leaved aquatic vegetation in north-central Minnesota
(2014-12-12)
The North American moose (Alces alces) is a species of socio-economic importance that has undergone recent declines in some areas of its range and may be impacted by climate change through effects on physiology or habitat ...
An integrated ultrasound transducer driver for HIFU applications
(2014-01-22)
This thesis proposes an MRI-compatible integrated CMOS ampli er that is capable of di-
rectly driving an ultrasound transducer for HIFU applications. The output stage of the integrated amplifier operates in class DE mode ...
In vitro antioxidant and antibacterial activity of twenty-one Northern Ontario medicinal plants
(2014-01-22)
Aboriginal communities in the northern Ontario region utilize an abundance of locally grown medicinal plants. However, no prior documentation or phytochemical studies on the northern Ontario medicinal plants existed in ...
Modeling the woody biomass supply chain for energy production in northwestern Ontario
(2014-01-22)
Efficient procurement and optimal utilization of woody biomass for bioenergy production requires a good understanding of biomass supply-chain management. The general objective of this research is to develop decision support ...
Joining hands in hope: an autoethnographical analysis of a non-Indigenous educator engaging in Indigenous pedagogy
(2014-01-22)
I am a South African who is now a Canadian, with lived experience in both Indigenous contexts. I use these experiences as a springboard into an autoethnography about me as a non-Indigenous educator, understanding authentic ...
Memengwaawid, to be a butterfly: an Indigenous exploration of Northwestern Ontario Anishinawbe and Muskego or Ininiw sacred stories and teachings in a contemporary novel
(2014-12-11)
Among their capacities to entertain, to pass down cultural traditions, ceremonies,
dances, songs, and to correct undesired behaviours, sacred stories explain how something in
nature came to be and how our interactions ...
Mediators' perspectives on the Ontario family mediation process and its potential impact on abused women and children's education
(2014-01-22)
This research focused on the perspectives of seven mediators in Thunder Bay on
what will happen to abused women if the mandatory mediation information program is
actually implemented into the divorce process in Northwestern ...
Power, participation and relationships: an evaluation of decentralization in the planning and management of Quetico Provincial Park
(2014-01-22)
There has been a global trend towards the decentralization of protected area planning and management. This study used a decentralization framework to determine if the planning and management of Quetico Provincial Park has ...
RF coils design for small animal MRI lung imaging at 3T using hyperpolarized 129Xe and inert fluorinated gases
(2014-01-22)
This thesis described the investigation, construction and testing of two sets of RF coils for their applications in novel lung MRI imaging techniques.
In the first part of the thesis, a quadrature-driven birdcage coil for ...