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Online condition monitoring and fault detection in induction motor bearings
(2018)
Induction motors (IMs) are commonly used in industry. Online IM health condition monitoring aims to recognize motor defect at its early stage to prevent motor performance degradation and reduce maintenance costs. The most ...
Assessment of hydrological drought in Northern Ontario using standardized streamflow index
(2018)
Momentum is gaining for the use of a Standardized Streamflow Index (SSI) for the assessment
of hydrological drought, which is an extension of the well-established and popularly used
meteorological drought ...
Patterns and mechanisms of tree species diversity effects on fine root processes associated with stand development in boreal forests
(2018)
Over the last two decades, one major advance in ecology has been the demonstration that
biodiversity has positive effects on a broad range of ecosystem functions. However, diversity-ecosystem
functioning studies for ...
Fetal programming from sub-lethal radiation: glucose metabolism in the liver and brown adipose tissue
(2018)
Exposure to ionizing radiation contributing to negative health outcomes is
a widespread concern among the public, scientific community, and workers in the
nuclear energy industry and diagnostic imaging field. However, ...
Female Canadian university sexual assault survivors: why they do not report
(2018)
Female Canadian university students are at a high risk for sexual victimization and as few as 5% report the assault. Various Canadian provincial governments have put forward legislation to develop and improve university ...
Physical attractiveness mediates the relationship between resting heart rate variability and mate value
(2018)
The present study had two main purposes: (a) to replicate the findings of
Vacharkulsemsuk and colleagues (2016) and Joel and colleagues (2017) wherein body
language and physical attractiveness each predict desirability, ...
Comparison between thermophilic and mesophilic membrane-aerated biofilm reactors- a modeling study
(2018)
Membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR), as a novel biological waste treatment technology,
has received much attention in recent years, due to its advantages, as compared to conventional
biofilm. Considerable amount of ...
Durability and mechanical properties of Portland cement concrete that utilizes crumb rubber as an alternative fine aggregat
(2018)
This research project investigated in an intensive experimental program the influence of using crumb rubber in the mechanical properties and durability of Portland cement concrete mixtures. Crumb rubber is produced from ...
Extracting specific text from documents using machine learning algorithms
(2018)
Increasing use of Portable Document Format (PDF) files has promoted research
in analyzing the files' layout for text extraction purpose. For this reason, it is important
to have a system in place to analyze these documents ...
Geochemistry and petrography of the ultramafic metavolcanic rocks in the eastern portion of the Shebandowan greenstone belt, Northwestern Ontario
(2018)
The 2.7 Ga Shebandowan greenstone belt in the Wawa-Abitibi terrane
contains unusual ultramafic rocks. The two main assemblages present within the
study area are the Greenwater and Shebandowan assemblages. The 2719.7 ± ...