Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 by Title
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Investigation into the ecological costs of sea lamprey control on lake sturgeon and ammocoete predators using olfactory techniques
(2015)Fish that feed or travel in low light conditions particularly rely on their chemical senses, such as olfaction, for survival. Exposure to toxicants at concentrations lower than those causing mortality can have detrimental ... -
An investigation into the local and traditional knowledge of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation regarding the status of ciscoes (Coregonus spp.) in Lake Huron
(2020)The ciscoes (Coregonus spp.) of Lake Huron are a poorly understood group of fish that have experienced declines in population numbers and a collapse of their ecological communities. Ciscoes are culturally and socio-economically ... -
Investigation of age-related changes in responsiveness of mirror neuron systems using fMRI
(2016)Observational learning, or the ability to learn a new skill by watching that same skill being performed by others, is one of the fundamental principles of motor learning. It is believed to be driven by a neural network ... -
Investigation of capacitor voltage balancing issues in a five-level inverter with multicarrier modulation schemes
(2023)Five-level inverters are widely used in medium-voltage (MV) wind energy and electric drive systems. However, the use of a large number of components (including passive and active components) and complex control methods ... -
Investigation of health promotion programs on food and nutrition in rural and First Nations communities of Northwestern Ontario [research project]
(2009)Purpose: To discover the status of health promotion programs based on food and nutrition in rural and First Nations communities in Northwestern Ontario, and the challenges, successes, and methodologies behind providing ... -
An investigation of saccharide complexation by aqueous oxoacids. Can oxoacids mediate A1-2 quorum sensing in bacteria?
(2013-02-12)The goal of this investigation was to determine whether it is plausible for bacterial AI-2 quorum sensing to be selectively regulated by environmentally available oxoacids. In particular, we investigated the ability of ... -
Investigation of the impact of impurities on the properties of nitride semiconductors grown by RPECVD
(2015-10-21)Progress toward the improvement of optical emission from InGaN optical active region devices is made through a combination of the tailoring of p-type gallium nitride growth recipes and bandstructure calculations on a graded ... -
Investigation of winter habitat selection by woodland caribou in relation to forage abundance and snow accumulation
(2014-01-22)Imprecision and misclassification of land cover types are two issues commonly encountered in habitat selection studies using satellite land cover classifications and telemetry data. Here, the utility of broad land cover ... -
Investigation on anti-proliferative effect of gyrophoric acid from the lichen Umbilicaria muhlenbergii on cancer cells
(2021)Natural products, including primary and secondary metabolites, are small molecules produced by any organism. As important sources of drug components, natural products may be isolated to small fractions with different ... -
Investigation on liquid-liquid dispersion in stirred tanks through experimental approach and computational fluid dynamic (CFD)
(2019)Stirred tanks have a vital role in chemical engineering industries. Among the various applications of stirred tanks, mixing of two immiscible liquid phases is of interest in chemical processes. Mixing of two immiscible ... -
An investigation on the control of gold mineralization in the Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt and surrounding Quetico-Wabigoon subprovince boundary area
(2014-01-22)The Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt is located along the boundary between the Wabigoon and Quetico subprovinces in the Superior province of the Canadian Shield. Historical gold mines and current gold exploration camps ... -
Is orthorexia a security motivated eating behaviour? An examination through cognitive bias and cardiac reactivity to food
(2017)Orthorexia is a rigid style of eating that aims to prevent illness that is characterized by a preference for natural foods was investigated as a biologically driven trait with evolutionary roots in a precautionary system ... -
Is the customer always right? An examination of neoliberal ideology and its influence on parent-teacher interactions
(2019)This study explores how treating education as a private commodity may affect parent-teacher relationships, including the ways that parents perceive they are treated. The effects of neoliberal ideology on education transform ... -
Is wood characteristics mapping an opportunity to optimize the value chain in Northwestern Ontario? a case study considering eastern larch (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch) grown in the Thunder Bay District
(2010)Wood characteristic mapping was considered as a means for optimizing the value chain of northwestern Ontario tree species. A literature review was completed which investigated the relationship of wood morphology to wood ... -
Isolation and characterization of bioconversion microbes and aerobic conversion of crude glycerol to value-added bioproducts
(2018)Renewable forms of energy are of significant interest in today’s economies. Biofuel is a renewable fuel produced by biological means. Biofuel is very useful because it does not have a finite supply, and it produces fewer ... -
Isolation and characterization of novel cellulase and pectinase producing bacteria
(2015)Cellulases and pectinases are the major cell wall degrading enzymes. The microorganisms producing these enzymes have a wide range of industrial applications. In this research, 17 bacterial isolates from rotting wood ... -
Isolation of arsenite-oxidizing bacteria with plant growth promoting characteristics to enhance phytoremediation of arsenic
(2021)A common strategy for remediation of arsenic is bacterial remediation by oxidation of As(III) to the less toxic As(V). Another widely accepted technique for arsenic remediation is phytoremediation however in highly ... -
Issues and underlying factors relating to the graduation rates of Aboriginal students from mathematics programs
(2014-01-22)The intent of my research was to shed light on the factors that impede Aboriginal students from finding success in their formal mathematical instruction within the Ontario provincial education system. The goal of my research ... -
It is only the beginning: an ethnohistory of mid-twentieth century land tenure in Fort Severn, Ontario
(2014-01-22)This research presents the results of sixteen interviews with Mushkego (Swampy Cree) elders from the community of Fort Severn, Ontario. The interviews focused on commercial and subsistence trapping conducted in the mid-20th ... -
It was neither Confucian nor confusion: dynamics of intercultural sensitivity among East-Asian students at Canadian universities
(2022)International students from Confucian heritage culture countries are often perceived by westerners as having low intercultural communication competence (ICC) (Zhu & Bresnahan, 2018). In popular media and mainstream ...