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The effect of removing examinees with low motivation on item response data calibration
(2014-01-22)
Many item-response models (IRM) used to estimate student abilities and test item parameters in
large-scale assessments (LSA) do not account for the effect of student low motivation. This
effect may pose a threat to the ...
Stand density management implications on the woody quality of yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britton) in the Sault Ste. Marie MNR District of Ontario
(2014)
Creating quality tolerant hardwood stands through intensive silviculture and mapping their properties is considered a means for optimizing the value chain in Northeastern Ontario. A comprehensive literature review was ...
Impact of biochar and industrial ash amendments on soil properties, growth and nutrition of black and white spruce seedlings in a sandy loam soil
(2014)
The purpose of this study was to establish and examine a controlled field experiment near Thunder Bay, Ontario using industrially produced ash and biochar as a soil amendment. This study monitors the change in physical, ...
Soft path approach as a water management strategy: a case study in Thunder Bay, Ontario
(2014)
The purpose of this research is to examine the criteria for a soft path approach as it may apply to municipal water management in the City of Thunder Bay. A categorization of Thunder Bay's water management practices was ...
The influence of personality traits on mood induction and memory
(2014-01-22)
This study examines how recall measured over three time periods can be affected by mood induction, personality traits, and image characteristics. There were 101 people who participated in Session 1, 92 participants completed ...
Development and implementation of high performance and high efficiency interior permanent magnet synchronous motor drive
(2014-01-22)
As the motor consumes more than 50% of total electrical energy produced in the world, the efficiency optimization of the motor is a burning issue in terms of saving energy and the environment. In modern days researchers ...
A new fingerprint design using optical orthogonal codes
(2014)
Digital fingerprinting has been proposed to restrict illegal distribution of digital media, where every piece of media has a unique fingerprint as an identifying feature that can be traceable. However, fingerprint systems ...
Growth and characterization of group III-nitrides by migration enhanced afterglow epitaxy
(2014-12-11)
The work presented in this thesis investigates the growth and properties of group III- nitride semiconductors that were grown using the Migration Enhanced Afterglow Epitaxy (MEAglow) method. This work was to enhance the ...
Differential response of two common human papillomavirus 16 E6 variants to small interfering RNA
(2014-01-22)
High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs), such as HPV16, are implicated in causing virtually all cases of cervical cancer. Molecular therapies capable of targeting HPV16 E6 oncoprotein expression can selectively eliminate ...
Improving power of L1 data cache and register file utilizing critical path instructions
(2014)
As transistor’s feature size shrinks, power becomes one of the limiting factors in design of modern processors. Cache and register file are the two power hungry components in processors, consuming more than one third of ...