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The effect of sociodemographic and health system factors on the association between multimorbidity and colorectal cancer survival
(2021)
This thesis aimed to assess the effect of multimorbidity (MMB) on colorectal cancer
(CRC) patients’ survival and explored whether sociodemographic and health system factors
affected this relationship or not. This thesis ...
Compact magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound phased array system
(2021)
Phased array ultrasound transducers (Txs) can induce electronically controllable localized
hyperthermia to tissue deep within the human body. This localized heating can be applied to
tumours as an adjunct therapy in ...
Using homophily to analyze and develop link prediction models with deep learning framework
(2021)
Twitter is a prominent social networking platform where users’ short messages or “tweets”
are often used for analysis. However, there has not been much attention paid to mining the
medical professions, such as detecting ...
Study of the activation of the inflammasome protein complex by Haemophilus influenzae Type a
(2021)
Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) is a gram-negative bacterium capable of causing
severe invasive infection such as meningitis and is classified by the presence or absence
of polysaccharide capsule. The polysaccharide capsule ...
Reconciliation through metissage in higher education
(2021)
As a result of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015) and its Calls to
Action for education, many universities are working to design culturally appropriate curricula
and to “Indigenize” their ...
Experimental investigations of sand-water coaxial and swirling jets in stagnant water
(2021)
Sand jets and particle clouds are found in many engineering applications, such as
marine bed capping, dredging material disposal, and discharge of wastewater. A coaxial jet is
composed of an inner jet surrounded by an ...
Women in mathematics education: pathways to participation
(2021)
Improving the participation of women in mathematics education at the post-secondary
level, requires a deeper understanding of how women orient themselves within two very distinct
domains: mathematics and education. Each ...
Tectonomagmatic evolution and green rock mineral chemistry of Jurassic Bonanza arc rocks at Pemberton Hills, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
(2021)
The Pemberton Hills study site is situated in northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
and forms part of a northwest trending belt of porphyry deposits and prospects within the
Wrangellia Terrane. The study site is ...
Lightweight deep learning for monocular depth estimation
(2021)
Monocular depth estimation is a challenging but significant part of computer
vision with many applications in other areas of study. This estimation method aims to
provide a relative depth prediction for a single input ...
An analysis of the perceived effects of Indigenous spirituality on substance use recovery in Northwestern Ontario
(2021)
The purpose of this study was to understand the perceived effects of Indigenous
spirituality on healing from substance use in Northwestern Ontario. This study was based on the
work of Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, a ...