Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 by Title
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Synthesis of molecular probes for one-electron reduction
(2017)Controlled drug release plays an important role in medicine because it can be a factor in human health care. It is defined as the ability to release a drug inside the body at a specific time. Radiation-sensitive ... -
Synthesis of muramyl dipeptide analogues as immunomodulatory agents
(2018)Peptidoglycan occurs naturally in cell wall structures of almost all types of bacteria. Muramyl dipeptide (MDP) is a fragment of peptidoglycan, which consists of N-acetylmuramic acid that is attached to a dipeptide of ... -
Synthesis of novel Lipid A analogs as potential ligands for toll-like receptor 4
(2009)Lipid A, the glycolipid component of Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide has been shown to engage the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signalling pathway. While this signalling cascade results in cellular mediators which ... -
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 ... -
System formulation for parallel circuit analysis
(2015-06-16)Advances in communication systems and VLSI circuits increase the performance requirements and complexity of circuits. During the design process, there is a need to perform computationally demanding numerical simulations ... -
System identification and optimization of fuzzy relation matrix models based on semi-tensor product
(2021)Generally, in real-world engineering disciplines a dynamical system is nonlinear, having multi-input and multi-output (MIMO) variables, and high level parameter uncertainties. Although there are many approaches proposed ... -
Systematic literature search on health promotion strategies for adults with intellectual disabilities
(2009)Intellectual disability (ID) is not a disease itself, rather it is a condition that is characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptation in conceptual and practical skills (van ... -
The systems thinking paradigm and higher-order cognitive processes
(2014-12-12)The present study examined a new psychological construct we have coined “The Systems Thinking Paradigm.” The systems thinking paradigm describes a cognitive style with which one is more likely to understand that complex ... -
Tall oil production process and characterization
(2017)Existing kraft pulp mills have seen the necessity to branch out from traditional pulp and paper products to alternative value-added products such as bioenergy and biomaterials as a result of increasing competition in the ... -
Teacher perspectives on community engagement in an international school context
(2020)This qualitative case study explores teacher perspectives on community engagement efforts at the International School of Dakar (ISD) in Dakar, Senegal. It examines how teachers define meaningful and reciprocal community ... -
Teacher's beliefs and perceptions about vocabulary instruction
(2022)Vocabulary is a fundamental component of reading comprehension. Vocabulary are the words that are recognizable within a learner’s lexicon. Notwithstanding the well-defined importance of vocabulary, there is limited ... -
Technical and technological alternatives for aerial moose (Alces alces) survey
(2017)Moose (Alces alces) aerial surveys provide the information needed for effective management only when they are accurate and precise. I aimed to identify gaps in and improve understanding of aerial moose surveys in North ... -
Technical feasibility and economical viability of remote hybrid power systems in Northern Ontario
(2011)As of 1996 there were 302 remote communities with a total population of 205,041 in Canada. These communities are not connected to the Bulk Electric System (BES) and as such are responsible for maintaining their own power ... -
Techno-economic analysis and supply chain design for a forest biorefinery to produce value-added bio-based products from lignin
(2019)By far, several commercial projects for production of lignin-based chemicals started operations around the world. For instance, the LignoBoost process was installed by Domtar in 2013 in the United States, and in 2015 by ... -
Technology-facilitated sexual harassment: scale development and the role of self-objectification in psychological functioning
(2021)The evolution of technology and emergence of technology giants, like Activision Blizzard, Tinder, Facebook, and Instagram, has created an entirely new world for social interaction. Many of the pervasive problems that ... -
Tectonomagmatic evolution and green rock mineral chemistry of Jurassic Bonanza arc rocks at Pemberton Hills, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
(2021)The Pemberton Hills study site is situated in northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and forms part of a northwest trending belt of porphyry deposits and prospects within the Wrangellia Terrane. The study site is ... -
Terrestrial lichen abundance in relation to stand structure and silvicultural history
(2014-01-22)Terrestrial lichen has been identified as an important factor contributing to suitable woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) winter habitat. Conservation efforts to maintain viable populations of woodland caribou ... -
Testate amoebae (thecamoebian) based reconstruction of Lake Simcoe fringe wetland paleoenvironments
(2014-12-12)Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, a large southern Ontario glacial lake, has been affected by multiple environmental stressors throughout its history. This study uses testate amoebae paleodistribution to reconstruct the ... -
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 ... -
Testing local adaptation in five populations of Hyalella azteca in northern Alberta’s oil sands region
(2015)Canada’s oil sands hold the third largest petroleum reserves worldwide. Rapid economic growth has led to increased exploitation of the surrounding boreal forest despite limited understanding of the environmental effects ...