Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 by Title
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Mobile miners: work, home, and hazards in Yukon's mining industry
(2015-06-15)This thesis examines the impacts that long-distance commuting operations have for workers in Yukon's mining industry. The Canadian mining industry has transitioned from the traditional Taylorist operations of the twentieth ... -
Mobile ontology-based reasoning and feedback health monitoring system
(2009)As medical technology has developed over the past few decades, the average human life-span has increased and as a side effect, chronic illness has become more prevalent. Many patients now require constant, everyday monitoring ... -
Mobile robot tank with GPU assistance
(2014-01-22)Robotic research has been costly and tremendously time consuming; this is due to the cost of sensors, motors, computational unit, physical construction, and fabrication. There are also a lot of man hours clocked in for ... -
Modal identification of time-varying structures using the blind source separation techniques
(2016)In last few decades, Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has been an indispensable subject in the field of vibration engineering. With the aid of modern sensing technology, SHM has garnered significant attention towards ... -
Modeling groundwater flow and transport of contaminants at a former manufactured gas plant in the midwestern USA
(2013-02-01)The processes used to produce manufactured gas for heating, cooking and lighting purposes in North America from the early 1800s to the mid-1900s have generated by- products such as coal tar containing Monocyclic ... -
Modeling of a high frequency field effect transitor on indium gallium nitride: the metal oxide semiconductor capacitor 1=channel model
(2012-11-10)Quantum devices are an important class of modern heterostructure devices in which quantum effects are exploited directly. A Gallium Nitride high frequency field effect transistor (FET), the subject of this work, exploits ... -
Modeling the transport of Escherichia coli through the subsurface environment
(2009)Subsurface microbial transport is an important concern in many engineering projects. Expanding the knowledge of this process is important for the risk assessment of sites capable of releasing pathogenic bacterial species ... -
Modeling the woody biomass supply chain for energy production in northwestern Ontario
(2014-01-22)Efficient procurement and optimal utilization of woody biomass for bioenergy production requires a good understanding of biomass supply-chain management. The general objective of this research is to develop decision support ... -
Modeling uncertain demand in wood pellet supply chains: a case study from Northern Ontario
(2015-08-05)This thesis aims to enable Canadian wood pellet producers with the opportunity to offer competitive pricing through optimization of their value chains and supply chains, by employing an operational-level decision support ... -
Modeling, analysis and countermeasures for attack propagation in wide area measurement systems
(2023)Power grids are critical cyber-physical systems that employ advanced Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), such as Wide Area Measurement Systems (WAMSs), to deliver the energy to end users reliably and ... -
Modelling groundwater flow and contaminant transport at a gold mine site in Northern Ontario
(2015-02-02)The practices of mining and ore processing are used in many countries around the world to extract and concentrate the valuable natural resources found within the rock bodies which make up the earth’s crust. However, the ... -
Modelling soil temperature on the boreal plain with an emphasis on the rapid cooling period
(2009-10-15)To accurately model soil temperatures on the Boreal Plain, factors that influence fine-grained soils during the rapid cooling period must first be identified. The effects of air temperature, soil moisture and snow depth ... -
Modelling the molecular mechanisms of biocompatibility of artifical materials
(2015)One of the most common reasons for implant failure is immune rejection. Implant rejection leads to additional surgical intervention and, ultimately, increases health cost as well as recovery time. Within a few hours after ... -
Modelling the radial and longitudinal variation in wood density and its sensitivity to climate in black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.)
(2014-01-22)Wood density variation affects structural timber performance and is correlated with different sources (genetic diversity, stand dynamics and climatic effects) which, to date, have not been comprehensively quantified in ... -
Modelling the relationships of internal governance mechanisms on innovation: empirical insight from utility tokens
(2020)The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact internal corporate governance mechanisms have on innovation. Current studies are inconclusive on the conceptual relationship given the wide range of institutions that ... -
The Moderating role of depression in the relationship between coping strategies and significant others' reactions with the experience of chronic pain
(2012-11-10)Research shows a strong co-morbidity between pain and depression (Schatzberg, 2004). Individuals suffering with both chronic pain and depression exhibit greater pain intensity, greater interference due to pain and more ... -
A Modification of the Effros-Handelman-Shen Theorem with Z2 actions
(2020)In this thesis, we show that if we have a Z2 action on a latticeordered dimension group, then it will arise as an inductive limit of Z2 actions on simplicial groups. This work was motivated by the range of the invariant ... -
Modulation scheme investigation for high-power medium-voltage current source converter based drives
(2023)Pulse width modulated (PWM) current source converter (CSC) based drives are commonly used in high-power (1-10 MW), medium-voltage (MV) (2.3-6.6 kV) applications. These drives feature a simple converter structure, inherent ... -
Moisture reduction and nutrient retention associated with field-drying forest harvest residues on clearcut sites in Northwestern Ontario, Canada
(2012-11-10)The increased utilization of forest harvest residues as supplemental, inexpensive and renewable energy raises two key concerns: 1) continued removal may negatively affect long-term site productivity; and 2) because 50-60% ... -
Monitoring for success in stream restoration: a case study of the Kama Creek, north shore of Lake Superior
(2015-06-15)This thesis investigates the use of success criteria to evaluate the changes induced by a small-scale stream restoration project. The research is based on a case study of the Kama Creek, Nipigon Bay, Lake Superior. Declines ...