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Design and electrochemical study of Pd-based nanostructures for hydrogen economy
(2017)
Hydrogen storage remains one of the most challenging prerequisites to overcome toward the realization of a hydrogen based economy. The use of hydrogen as an energy carrier for fuel cell applications has been limited by the ...
Health condition monitoring of civil structures using time varying autoregressive models
(2017)
In recent years, there have been an increasing interest in long-term monitoring of civil structures, as the research community has been alarmed by some tragic events and collapses of bridges and buildings that pointed out ...
Year-round biodiesel use strategy in diesel engines in Canadian adverse cold weather conditions
(2017)
The effects of climate change that have been seen at an unprecedented scale over last decade or so, have sparked intensive efforts toward the identification and development of clean, environmentally compatible, and renewable ...
Phytochemical analysis of boreal forest flora of Northwestern Ontario, Canada
(2017)
The following research document has been written in the format of a thesis by publication. As such, there is an introductory and concluding chapter to provide addition information and context to the scope of the study, ...
Analysis of the child and adolescent needs and strengths assessment in a First Nation population
(2017)
First Nations youth are one of the fastest growing demographics in Canada, yet they are more likely to experience adverse health and life circumstances than non-Indigenous Canadians. Developing and implementing appropriate ...
Variability in women's perception of potential female rivals: effects of fertility, mating orientation, and revealing dress biases
(2017)
Two studies were conducted to better understand individual difference factors that influence women’s mating-relevant perceptions of other women. In Study 1, biases about revealing dress were examined and the extent to which ...
Pre-service teacher perceptions of White privilege in a two-year teacher education program
(2017)
The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teachers’ perceptions of
White privilege in a two-year teacher education program. This study employed a
qualitative approach and interviews were utilized as the primary ...
Supply chain management of advanced wood pellets: storage and real time field characterization
(2017)
Canada announced plans to phase-out coal-fired electricity generation by 2030. Therefore, in 2014, the province of Ontario has phased out the use of coal in the production of electricity. Former coal powered generating ...
More than pink shirts and posters: beyond the limits of anti-homophobia education
(2017)
Most schools in Canada are unsafe spaces for queer youth or those perceived by their peers as queer.
Gay/Straight Alliances (GSAs) and other LGBTQ+ inclusive groups exist in schools with the goal of
mitigating and working ...
Mitigating the impact of decompression latency in L1 compressed data caches via prefetching
(2017)
Expanding cache size is a common approach for reducing cache miss rates and increasing performance in processors. This approach, however, comes at a cost of increased static and dynamic power consumption by the cache. ...