Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009: Recent submissions
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Advancing precision agronomy for minimizing production risk
(2024)Farming in Northwestern Ontario faces unique challenges, including a shorter growing season, severe weather conditions, and limited infrastructure and support services. Despite these obstacles, the region holds great ... -
Enhancing en-route electric vehicle charging services with AI integration: a collaborative fog-based strategy for optimizing sustainable transportation
(2024)In the emergence of greener transportation, Electric Vehicles (EVs) play an important role, expected to outnumber conventional vehicles in the near future. However, the installation of Fixed Charging Stations (FCSs) is ... -
Ontario youth mental health literacy and social determinants
(2024)Mental health literacy includes: recognizing mental health problems and illnesses; knowing how to locate accurate mental health information and professional help; risk factors and causes of mental health problems or ... -
Insights into subtype selectivity of aurora kinase ligands from molecular dynamics simulation
(2024)Aurora kinases are phosphotransferase enzymes that play essential roles in cell division. There are three members of Aurora kinases in mammalian cells: Aurora A, Aurora B and Aurora C. The overexpression of Aurora kinases ... -
Dynamic stability of pile foundations under seismic excitations with two frequencies
(2024)In civil engineering, deep foundation systems, specifically pile foundations, play a critical role in transferring the structural loads of heavy constructions from superstructures to deeper layers of soil. The consequences ... -
Plant diversity effects on soil Collembola in boreal forest
(2024)Collembola are one of the most abundant soil fauna in terrestrial ecosystems. They play essential roles in ecosystem processes like litter decomposition. Ongoing biodiversity loss across taxa harms the stability and ... -
The experiences of bilingual Chinese international students studying in english at a small Canadian university
(2024)This study explores the experiences of ten Chinese students learning in English at a small Canadian university using Linguistic Portrait Silhouettes and semi-structured interviews in a phenomenologically-influenced case ... -
Design of a polarization reconfigurable and frequency tunable patch antenna system on a magnetic substrate
(2024)Modern radio frequency (RF) and microwave components are continuously evolving to meet the demands of new wireless technologies. One such demand is the ability of these components to be agile and smart. Thus, the rationale ... -
Indirect minimization of common-mode voltage with finite control-set model predictive control in a five-level inverter
(2024)Multilevel inverters (MLIs) are counted as the crucial part of the electric drive systems (EDSs) primarily due to their ability to handle higher operating powers and voltages, to provide high-quality output waveform, and ... -
Geochemistry and mineralizaton of the Lundmark Akow area, North Caribou Greenstone belt, Ontario
(2024)The Lundmark Akow area is located in the south-central porƟon of the South Rim assemblage of the North Caribou Greenstone Belt. The mineralizaƟon consists of several base metal-bearing massive sulphide horizons hosted ... -
Digital twin-assisted multi-layer network: resource optimization for low-latency and energy-efficiency
(2024)The sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are expected to provide ubiquitous connectivity, high data rate, low latency, energy efficiency, and edge intelligence for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. However, effective ... -
Impact of hardware impairments on the physical layer security of cell-free massive MIMO
(2024)The development of new technologies and applications such as virtual reality, ultra-highdefinition video conferencing, and Internet of Things (IoT) has caused a substantial increase in the demand for higher data rate in ... -
Weaving perspectives in environmental justice and socio-spatial mapping tools: using key-informant interviews and an arts-integrated approach
(2024)Environmental justice (EJ) is an ever-evolving term with multiple definitions, applications, and practices across geographies and disciplines. With a strong history in the United States, it is a growing field in Canada ... -
Towards accessible healthcare: machine learning-enabled diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
(2024)Alzheimer’s disease poses a critical challenge to public health with an increasing prevalence among the aging population worldwide. The research question is whether machine learning-based solutions could be a reliable, ... -
Does acute heat stress modulate human milk production in lactating postpartum women?
(2024)Introduction: With rising ambient temperatures globally, heat-vulnerable populations are at greater risk of negative health consequences. Of increasing concern is the potential impact on human milk production and potential ... -
Distributed cooperative state estimation and control for multi-agent autonomous systems
(2024)This dissertation addresses several problems related to distributed cooperative state estimation and control design for multi-agent rigid-body autonomous systems, namely bearing-based distributed pose estimation, distributed ... -
The relationship between multifaceted diversity and functioning of Canadian forests under global environmental change
(2024)Human activities have caused biodiversity simplification at local and global scales and raised concerns about potential effects on ecosystem functions and biodiversity conservation. In the past decades, there have been ... -
Complete oxidation of trans-4-pentylcyclohexanecarboxylic acid by catalytic ozonation using Cu-Mg bi-metallic catalysts
(2024)This thesis studied the use of a bi-metallic Cu and Mg catalyst dispersed on γ-Al2O3 for the complete oxidation of a naphthenic acid (NA) model compound, trans-4- pentylcyclohexanecarboxylic acid (4PCH) by ozone. ... -
Structural layout optimization framework of tall buildings subjected to wind load
(2024)Conventional design methodology for tall buildings is a time-consuming and repetitive trial-anderror procedure with a limited probability of yielding an optimal solution that satisfies architectural, structural and ... -
Estimating DBH with iPad Pro LiDAR in Boreal Forests: methodological considerations and a case study in natural boreal forests
(2024)Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) is the measure of the diameter of a tree stem 1.3 meters above the ground. DBH is a key variable measured in Forest Resource Inventories (FRIs) and is traditionally measured manually, which ...
