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Perspectives on the Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of All-season Roads in Two Remote First Nation Communities in Northern Ontario
(2016)
Remote Indigenous communities face a number of challenges associated with
accessibility. The development of all-season road corridors promises to solve some of
these problems. However, changes to transportation can create ...
Using Remote Sensing for Quantity Analysis of Chip Pile Inventory in Mill Yards
(2016)
An integral part of proper wood chip inventory management is the ability
to accurately monitor wood chip quantities. This thesis examines the use of a
new method of capturing the volume of mill yard wood chip piles through ...
Functional Imaging of the Lungs using Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Inert Fluorinated Gases
(2016)
Fluorine-19 (19F) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lungs using inhaled inert fluorinated gases can potentially provide high quality anatomical and functional images of the lungs. This technique is able to visualize ...
A Randomized Comparative Trial of Self-Affirmation and Psychoeducation Interventions for Improving Body Image in Young Women
(2016)
Body image concerns are a widespread experience, particularly for young women, and are
associated with a number of undesirable consequences, including eating disorders. Self affirmation
theory provides a framework for ...
Lived Experiences of Sexual Violence
(2016)
This thesis is an exploration of how individuals who have experienced sexual violence understand their experience(s). A feminist, mixed-methods approach was used to better capture the wide range of experiences of my ...
The Influence of Neck Stiffness, Impact Location, and Angle on Peak Linear Acceleration, Shear Force, and Energy Loading Measures of Hockey Helmet Impacts
(2016)
Head and brain injuries like concussion affect many hockey players throughout their playing careers. Hockey helmets remain to be the best form of head protection available as they function well to reduce the occurrence of ...
Nutrients Recovery from Municipal Wastewater Effluent using Electrochemical and Freeze Concentration Approaches
(2016)
Municipal wastewater (MWW) is now being re-evaluated as a potential multi-resource for water,
energy and nutrients. Anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) are increasingly being investigated
as a cost-effective biological ...
Comprehensive Ontology Design for Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2016)
Ontology is a formal explicit description of concepts in the knowledge domain. In recent
years, developing ontology in different domains is a hot topic for many researchers, especially in
the medical field because of the ...
Cross-cultural Organizations and the Empowerment of First Nations Learners
(2016)
By examining the tensions around First Nations learners wedged between competing organizational visions, this research exposes the conflicting funding enticements that impede maximized empowerment for First Nations adult ...