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DEVELOPMENT OF A GAME ENGINE-BASED TOOL FOR TRAFFIC MICROSIMULATION USING MOBILITY BEHAVIOURS
(2021-06-08)Gaming tools gained significant interest among transportation modellers for mobility analysis, visualization and scenario testing. Commercial simulation software programs were used for running traffic microsimulations for ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGHLY RESILIENT GRAPHENE NANOPLATELET RESIN/ADHESIVE
(2015-03-17)Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPs) are extensively utilized in many industries due to their remarkable mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and light-weight attributes. Notwithstanding, FRP laminates are ... -
Development of a HL7 CDA R2 Compliant Discharge Summary Teaching Template for the QEII Renal Clinic
(2012-08-02)Internships give students of Health Informatics opportunities to receive on-the-job training and to connect their academic health informatics knowledge to the real world. This internship is composed of two objectives, ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND UTILIZATION MODEL FOR EMERGENCY PRACTICE
(2009-12-11)Knowledge is a critical element for the provision of quality health care. Optimal clinical decision making incorporates multiple types of knowledge including patient knowledge, clinical experiential knowledge and research ... -
Development of a Lab-Scale, Rechargeable, Aqueous Coin Cell and Methods for Measuring the Self-Discharge Rate of Zinc Electrodes
(2015)Zinc-air cells are promising as a cheap, safe and sustainable energy storage technology, but few publicly funded institutions currently research them. One reason for this is a lack of a simple, standardized cell design to ... -
Development of a Laser Scanning Measurement System for Battery Cell Characterization
(2023-12-09)A precise understanding of the physical properties of lithium-ion cells including cell thickness distribution and its connection with lifetime is important for cell improvement. A laser scanning instrument was developed ... -
Development of a leaching procedure to asses the risk of uranium leaching due to construction and demolition waste
(Elsevier, 2018)Naturally-occurring uranium can be found at elevated concentrations in groundwater throughout the world, with the potential to cause kidney damage in chronically exposed individuals. Empirical evidence shows that uranium ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE VISION BASED WEED (GOLDENROD) DETECTION SYSTEM FOR SPOT-APPLICATION OF HERBICIDES IN WILD BLUEBERRY CROPPING SYSTEM
(2017-08-24)Wild blueberry crop yields are dependent on heavy agrochemical applications to control weeds competing with crop. Goldenrod is a creeping herbaceous perennial weed that occurred in more than 90% of wild blueberry fields ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE VISION SYSTEM FOR STRAWBERRY POWDERY MILDEW DISEASE DETECTION
(2019-03-28)Strawberry powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca macularis) has been a devastating foliar disease of both nursery and fruit production strawberry crops causing significant yield loss up to 70%. Traditionally, visual observations ... -
Development of a machine vision system to estimate the physical attributes of potato tubers on-the-go at the post-harvest stage
(2023-08-08)This study presents a deep learning and image processing-based machine vision system for sampling and sizing full-size potato tubers on post-harvest conveyors. First, we present a method for sampling fully visible potato ... -
Development of a Mass Evacuation Decision Support Tool
(2021-04-29)This study presents a sequential modelling framework of a mass evacuation decision support (MEDS) tool and develops countermeasures to improve mass evacuation processes. The study develops a large-scale traffic evacuation ... -
Development of a MEMS Device for the Determination of Cell Mechanics
(2012-12-03)Cell mechanics are directly related to the biological functionality of a cell, and therefore have been extensively studied. Current understanding of the unique relationships associated with mechanical loading conditions ... -
Development of a Method for the Detection of Aleutian Mink Disease Virus in Water Samples
(2013-04-05)Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) causes significant loss to the mink industry in Nova Scotia (NS). Contaminated water is a speculated virus source therefore my objective was to develop a method for detection of AMDV in ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH BEER AGING
(2015-04-06)A method for the extraction, identification and quantification of eleven specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with off-flavours and off-odours in two different types of beers were developed. For this ... -
Development of a multi-criteria evaluation technique to assess the impacts of fisheries management in a Philippine bay.
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Development of A New Cell Design for Battery Research and an Investigation of Electrode Materials and Electrolyte Systems For Mg Batteries
(2014-12-10)Magnesium batteries are considered as an inexpensive and high energy density alternative to Li-ion batteries. One of these challenges in Mg batteries is the lack of rigid, inexpensive cell hardware to test new electrode ... -
Development of a New High Performance Synthetic Fiber for Concrete Reinforcement
(2012-11-20)The research objective was to develop a new competitively priced, high strength macrosynthetic fiber for concrete reinforcement. Mechanical bond properties were examined through aligned and inclined pullout testing. Variables ... -
Development of a Novel Boron free Filler Metal for Transient Liquid Phase Bonding of Ni base superalloys
(2019-12-05)Joining of Ni base superalloys by transient liquid phase bonding (TLPB) has found limited application in aerospace due to the formation of brittle borides adjacent to the joint. Filler metals containing ~3 wt% B as a melting ... -
Development of a Novel Fiber-Reinforced Composite Utility Pole
(2023-05-18)The objective of the project outlined in this thesis is to develop a novel utility pole with comparable performance to commercially available fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) poles. The novel pole is made of 3D E-glass-fabric-epoxy ...
