Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 by Title
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Long-term Relationships between Carbon Sequestration, Hydrology, and Tephra Disturbance in a Northern Peatland (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia)
(2016)Northern peatlands are one of the most important carbon reservoirs, storing one-third to one-half of the world’s soil carbon pool and thus changes in their carbon balance have the potential to cause a positive feedback to ... -
A longitudinal evaluation of an on-reserve methadone maintenance therapy program
(2019)Canada’s First Nations population experiences elevated rates of opioid use and negative opioid-related consequences. These rates stem from the long history of colonization that First Nations populations have faced, which ... -
“Look at me now. It is amazing.” exploring the stroke and rehabilitation experiences of older adults with chronic stroke living in Thunder Bay
(2022)Introduction: As stroke continues to be the leading cause of adult disability, understanding the rehabilitative needs of those affected is essential to ensure they are receiving proper care to reach their own sense of ... -
"Lord I know I been saved" : religious experience in James Baldwin's Go Tell it on the Mountain / by Andrew Connolly.
(2009)"The world of Go Tell It on the Mountain is a theological world. Not only do the characters themselves follow a theology, but a version of the Christian God arguably appears as a character in the novel. Rather than promote ... -
Low CO2 methanol by methane pyrolysis in catalytic liquid metal bubble reactor
(2022)Methanol production based on methane pyrolysis presents an opportunity for CO2 utilization and lower CO2 emissions than traditional methanol production processes that are based on methane reforming. This research employs ... -
Low temperature epitaxial growth of III-Nitride semiconductors on silicon carbide templates by remote plasma metal-organic chemical vapor deposition
(2018)Group III-Nitride (III-N) semiconductors are of high interest due to their thermal and electrical properties. Opposed to other III-V group semiconductors III-N semiconductors are hexagonal wurtzite structures that have a ... -
Low Temperature Epitaxial Growths of III-Nitride Semiconductors on ITO Glass Substrates
(2016)Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to the electronic, optical and physical properties of the nitride material system that have made it a heavily researched group of semiconductors. The need for heteroepitaxy and various ... -
Low-power multi-band injection-locked wireless receiver
(2019)The demand for low-power high-performance wireless receivers has dramatically in- creased with the emerging deployment of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Among the demodulation schemes, non-coherent receivers consume ... -
Lowbush blueberries in Northwestern Ontario as a commercial crop option in post-harvest peatlands
(2009-10-15)Wild blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) were investigated as a possible reclamation tool for post harvest peatlands in Northwestern Ontario, by genetic fingerprinting using microsatellite markers, an examination ... -
Macro- and micro-structure comparison of ancient and modern iron-rich stromatolites
(2015)The Gunflint and Biwabik Formations comprise the middle units of the Paleoproterozoic Animikie Group that crop out near the northwestern shore of Lake Superior. Stromatolitic units were investigated and sampled at 9 outcrop ... -
Macrobotanical and zooarchaeological examination of the macgillivray site (DbJm-3): a woodland period habitation in Northwestern Ontario
(2021)The Macgillivray site (DbJm-3) is located on an island in Whitefish Lake, approximately 50 km southwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario in the central Canadian Boreal Forest ecozone. Indigenous people have lived in this area for ... -
Macrophyte Community Dynamics in Lake Simcoe’s Fringe Wetlands: Potential use as Biological Indicators of Water Quality
(2016)Indices have been developed using macrophytes and water quality parameters to detect the impact of anthropogenic disturbance on coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes, but such an index does not currently exist for Lake ... -
Magmatic evolution and alteration geochemistry of the Black Mountain Southeast porphyry copper-gold deposit, Baguio mineral district Luzon, Philippines
(2012-11-10)The Black Mountain porphyry Cu-Au deposit is located in the central-western portion of the Baguio mineral district, Philippines, approximately six kilometers southwest of Baguio City in the Upper Bued River. It consists ... -
Magmatic minerals of the eastern Sunda arc, Indonesia
(2023)The eastern Sunda arc is one of the most prospective Cu-Au magmatic belts in the world with four world class copper-gold porphyry deposits: Batu Hijau (1.64 Gt at 0.44% Cu, 0.35 g/t Au), Elang (2.42 Gt at 0.31% Cu, 0.33 ... -
Male outdoor educators’ understandings of masculinity in practice: a North American case study
(2021)This exploratory, single embedded case study examined male outdoor educators’ understandings of masculinity in the field and how such notions impact their practices. Data were collected via interviews (n = 18), observations ... -
Management, environmental and energy considerations for woodwaste
(2009)Manufacturing operations that process raw wood, such as sawmills and pulp and paper mills, generate wood residue, such as woodwaste, sawdust, shavings, wood chips and off-cuts, also known as woodwaste. The decomposition ... -
Managing Canada's Park Systems: Exploring Aboriginal Involvement in Canadian National Parks
(2016-01-05)In recent years attempts have been made to bridge Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal interests in the management of Canadian federal parks. In part this reflects increasing recognition of Aboriginal rights to lands and resources, ... -
Managing for Emerald Ash Borer in the urban forest
(2015)Urban forestry is a concept applied to many cities, municipalities, and communities around the world. It is the practice of managing the interface between urban infrastructure and environmental green spaces. An invasive ... -
Mandated citizenship: facilitating and reflecting on the development of citizenship through the Ontario mandated high school community service requirement
(2018)Civic education and community service are widely viewed as worthwhile educational pursuits. Recent Canadian studies have shown that youth are now engaged in voluntary service more than any other age group in Canada. A key ... -
Manitoulin Island in transition: an eco-epidemiological evaluation of late 19th and early 20th century mortality
(2018)Exploring data from the past provides insightful perspectives, particularly in health and disease causation. More recent anthropological perspectives of the epidemiologic transition revisit the significance that social ...