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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 ...
Pretreatment and conditioning of municipal wastewater secondary sludge using freezing and a combination of ultrasound and freezing
(2014-01-22)
With the cost of sludge management on the rise, the volume reduction of municipal wastewater sludge is becoming an increasingly important issue for wastewater treatment plants. Current research is focused on pretreatment ...
A comparison of two ultra-brief treatments for generalized anxiety disorder symptoms
(2014-12-11)
Worrying is a common experience that many people engage in occasionally without issue.
However, some individuals are chronic worriers, and some develop generalized anxiety disorder
(GAD) due to excessive worry (American ...
An ostensible exercise in modernity: law, religious intervention, and social science in the case of Bedford vs. Canada
(2014-01-22)
Drawing on Adele Clarke’s (2005) method of situational analysis as well insights from the social construction of social problems approach (Spector and Kitsuse 1977; Best 2008), symbolic interactionism (Prus 1999) and ...
Attentional bias and psychophysiological arousal in seasonal and nonseasonal depression symptoms
(2014-01-22)
The present study investigated cognitive specificity in individuals with seasonal
depression symptoms (SDS) by comparing their attentional bias and psychophysiological arousal to cognitive schema-‐relevant stimuli with ...
Sulfonation of kraft lignon to water soluble value added products
(2014-12-11)
Kraft lignin is water insoluble and has limited end-use applications. The main objective of this MSc studies was to rend kraft lignin water soluble, and various value-added products including dispersants and flocculants. ...
Exploring the relationship between strengths of youth, their level of functioning, and internalizing or externalizing symptom expression
(2014-01-22)
Mental health assessments produce profiles specifying the nature and severity of youths’ symptoms and impairments. Interest in developing more comprehensive mental health profiles has motivated efforts to also assess youth’s ...
Functional niche differentiation in co-occurring congeneric plants
(2014)
Niche differentiation is argued as one of the mechanisms explaining species coexistence. Despite their sessile nature, similar resource needs and traits to acquire and utilize resources closely related plant species coexist. ...