RSS 1.0Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009
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Online learning as a social environment — toward the refinement of practice
(2023)The 2020 publication of The Distance Learning Playbook implores us to “never let a crisis go to waste” (Fisher et al., 2020, p. 169). This quote is applicable to the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis from which we continue to ... -
Youth perspectives of schooling in a Northern-Ontario community
(2023)In Ontario, northern, rural youth face disadvantages due to their geographic location, as the majority of students attending high school, if not relocated to another community for their studies, must endure daily commutes ... -
The contribution of fish movement to ecosystem function in Lake Superior
(2023)Ecosystems are complex, highly interconnected systems in which organisms interact with their physical environment. Often, to simplify our understanding of their function, populations within ecosystems are treated as either ... -
The office for standards in education and the pupil premium grant: primary educators’ understanding and experiences of inspection criteria
(2023)This thesis explores the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) Education Inspection Framework and its link to the Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) within England’s primary education system. The Ofsted framework enables ... -
Biaxial driving technique for ultrasound generation with ferroelectric materials
(2021)Over the years, ferroelectric materials have been used in a wide variety of applications in the health care field in applications such as thermal therapy, medical imaging and lithotripsy, just to mention some of them. One ... -
Emerging adults’ perceptions of their family systems: resilience and connections after the COVID-19 pandemic
(2023)Family systems can be conceptualized as complex adaptive systems consisting of intricate interconnections among family members that adapt dynamically to the environment. The COVID-19 pandemic was a chronic and persistent ... -
Neural synergy in compact biomedical IoT devices: spintronic pathways for MEG-EEG integration and portability
(2023)The human brain, a marvel of nature, consists of intricate neural networks that have fascinated and perplexed the scientific community for generations. As scientists and researchers globally endeavour to unravel the ... -
Detection, identification, and mitigation of false data injection attacks and faults in vehicle platooning
(2023)Smart vehicles are designed leveraging advanced hardware, including sensors, and cuttingedge technologies, such as artificial intelligence, Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication, and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) ... -
Synthesized emulsifiers from kraft lignin and the role of mixing in oil-in-water emulsions
(2023)Oil-in-water emulsions are widely used in various industrial applications such as food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. An oil-in-water emulsion is a colloidal system in which oil droplets are dispersed in water with the ... -
Analysis and simulation of K and Cl in electrostatic precipitator ash and black liquor of an operating kraft recovery boiler
(2023)Non-process elements such as potassium (K) and chlorine (Cl) are commonly found in the recovery cycle of kraft mills and are capable of forming highly soluble compounds. These elements, in high concentrations, can lead ... -
Development of a consistent cubic equation of state for the calculation of the phase behaviour and thermodynamic properties of pure components
(2023)This study analyzes two cubic equations of state (CEoS), the Redlich-Kwong (RK) and PengRobinson (PR) CEoS, to calculate the properties of 151 pure components. The components were grouped by their intermolecular interactions ... -
Pray away the gay: mainline Protestant religious leaders’ responses to the conversion therapy ban in Canada
(2023)The purpose of this research study was to explore how mainline Protestant religious leaders are responding to the conversion therapy ban in Canada. In 2021, Bill C-4: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy) ... -
A new control technology for the development of an air-to-air refueling system
(2023)Air to Air Refueling (AAR) was first performed over 100 years ago and until now it has almost exclusively been used in military applications. This is due to the prohibitive cost of maintaining a tanker fleet to enable ... -
Memory, perception, and evaluation of emotional stimuli: the effects of oral contraceptive use, sex, and gender
(2023)Little research has examined if oral contraceptive (OC) mood side effects might be due to OCrelated effects on affective judgements or memory for emotional stimuli. Previous studies on sex differences in emotional processing ... -
Intelligent vehicle-to-vehicle communications with importance of fairness and information freshness
(2023)Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) showcase cutting-edge services designed to revolutionize transportation and mobility, especially within future smart cities. These services play a pivotal role in bolstering traffic ... -
Efficient path planning and battery management for electric vehicles
(2023)The rapid advancement in battery technology has brought electric vehicles (EVs) into reality, and the increasing adoption of autonomous electric vehicles (AEVs) has presented significant challenges. Existing research in ... -
Tripartite preparedness and response during the COVID-19 pandemic: a First Nations’ perspective
(2023)First Nations and other Indigenous populations experience higher rates of infection and more severe outcomes associated with disease and illness than is observed in the general Canadian population (Lee et al., 2023; ... -
Posttraumatic growth, depreciation, and psychopathology following sexual victimization: a unified model of predictors
(2023)Sexual violence is amongst the most detrimental events a woman can experience, with survivors suffering long-term consequences to their mental health and perception of self. However, accumulating research shows trauma ... -
Identifying and addressing roundabout accessibility issues confronting persons with vision loss in Canada: a pilot study
(2023)Municipalities and Transportation Agencies in Canada are building more roundabout intersections to promote efficient and safe movement of traffic for their low carbon footprint, low lifetime maintenance cost, and better ... -
Texture recognition from robotic tactile surface reconstruction: a reinforcement learning approach
(2023)The ability to handle objects and recognize them and their properties by touch is a crucial ability that humans have. Thanks to tactile sensing, robots can do something similar by perceiving specific physical characteristics ...
