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Electroencephalographic response to a body image exposure
(2013-02-01)
Body and appearance dissatisfaction have been common topics of study in psychological research. Another area of research that may have implications for these topics is that of frontal asymmetry; the greater relative activity ...
Exploring the relationship between motivation and dog-walking behaviour: what motivates older adults to walk with their dogs?
(2013-02-03)
Background/Objectives: Dog ownership in older adulthood has been connected with
increased likelihood of meeting the physical activity guidelines. There are older dog
owners, however, that do not walk their dogs. Investigation ...
Fuzzy logic based online adaptation of current and speed controllers for improved performance of IPMSM drive
(2013-02-12)
Precise torque and speed control of electric motors is a key issue in industries for variable speed drives (VSD). Over the years the induction motors have been widely utilized in industries for VSD applications. However, ...
State variable harmonic balance analysis of nonlinear circuits based on waves
(2013-02-12)
Circuit simulation involving nonlinear elements can be a challenging task. From these challenges rises a demand for finding better and more efficient ways of solving such problems. This work provides a novel approach for ...
The effect of secoisolariciresinol diglucoside on oxidative stress and inflammation in cardiac iron overload
(2013-02-01)
Chronic cardiac iron overload directly correlates with cardiac dysfunction and
may ultimately cause heart failure. Although recent studies have suggested that altered
calcium homeostasis and increased reactive oxygen ...
Safety from predators or competitors? Interference competition leads to apparent predation risk
(2013-02-01)
Prey often react to predation risk by foraging preferentially in safe, rather than risky, patches. Yet prey also must deal with the negative effects of competition for the same patches. The pattern of patch use can mimic ...
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 ...
Fictions of a settler-state: indigenous and iraqi peoples in canadian newspapers, 1990-2010
(2013-02-12)
This thesis interrogates canadian newspaper coverage of Indigenous and Iraqi peoples from 1990 to 2010. I engage in discourse analysis of these primary source materials in order to extricate from them racial sentiments and ...
Ecological niche modelling : salix in Ontario
(2013-04-10)
It has long been recognized that organisms exist in environments peculiar to taxa. Climate is thought to be of primary importance in determining the natural geographic distribution of species. Growing concern over climate ...
An ytterbium-doped fiber laser at 1.1 um
(2013-02-12)
A pulsed ytterbium-doped fiber laser is proposed and developed. A length of
samarium-doped fiber was inserted into the laser cavity to induce passive Q-switching.
The laser oscillated in the continuous wave, Q-switched ...