Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Advances in Miniature Ultrasound-guided Histotripsy Transducers for Precision Tissue Ablation
(2024-03-12)Histotripsy is a type of focused ultrasound therapy that uses a very high focal pressure to ablate (surgically remove) tumors with high precision, without damaging the surrounding healthy tissue. Unlike other ablation ... -
Advances in Nickel-Catalyzed C-N Cross-Coupling Enabled by Tailored Ancillary Ligand Design
(2018-12-05)The nickel-catalyzed Csp2-N cross-coupling of NH substrates and (hetero)aryl (pseudo)halides for the synthesis of (hetero)anilines is in the midst of a resurgence. Reactivity breakthroughs that have been achieved in this ... -
Advances in Nickel-Catalyzed C–O Cross-Coupling Reactions Enabled by Ancillary Ligand Design
(2023-12-04)The ubiquity of C(sp2)–N and C(sp2)–O linkages in active pharmaceutical ingredients, agrochemicals, and other biologically active compounds generates motivation for developing effective avenues for the formation of such ... -
Advances in Palladium and Nickel Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions
(2017-12-13)Homogeneous organometallic complexes have become an indispensable tool as they are employed as catalysts for a large number of chemical transformations. Ancillary ligands, organic molecules that bind to the metal center, ... -
Advances in Respiratory Impedance Predictions using Pulmonary Functional Imaging Models of Asthma
(2018-09-04)Previous asthma pulmonary functional modelling used the locations of ventilation defects observed in inhaled gas imaging to implement binary airway closures and required additional random narrowing in ventilated regions ... -
Advancing baleen whale acoustic and habitat monitoring in the Northwest Atlantic
(2022-04-13)Baleen whales of the Northwest Atlantic live in an urbanized ocean. They attempt a slow recovery from commercial whaling amid threats from the infrastructure, pollution, and shifting environmental baseline associated with ... -
Advancing Genomics Assisted Breeding in Apple and Cannabis
(2023-08-14)Apple and cannabis are two economically and culturally important crops grown around the world for a diversity of end uses. Both apple and cannabis stand to benefit immensely from genomics assisted breeding. Discovering the ... -
ADVANCING PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS APPLICATIONS
(2023-12-14)Photoelectrochemical oxygen demand (peCOD) can provide wastewater treatment facilities (WWTFs) with rapid insight into oxidizable organic matter using greener and user-friendly reagents compared to dichromate chemical ... -
Adverse childhood experience and loneliness among young adults: Exploring the roles of attachment style and resilience
(2021-04-09)Objective: The health risks associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among different age groups in adults has been widely studied in recent years. Adults with ACEs are more likely to develop mental health ... -
Advocating for Natural Resources: Empowering the Riverine Communities of the Amazon through Landscape Architecture
(2019-12-09)Cultural identity in the Amazon region has been destabilized by tensions between tradition and progress. This architectural thesis explores a contested landscape that both balances and revalues nature. The riverine people ... -
AEBP1 ALTERS MATRIX SIGNALLING AND IS RESPONSIVE TO INFLAMMATION IN THE MAMMARY GLAND
(2013-10-28)Breast cancer is characterized in part by chronic inflammation and tissue remodelling in the mammary gland. Adipocyte enhancer binding protein 1 (AEBP1), a pro-inflammatory protein, is up-regulated in breast cancer and ... -
AEBP1: A signaling modulator of MAPK activation for adipogenesis.
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Aerobic Exercise for Optimizing Cardiopulmonary Fitness in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated with a Known Cardiotoxic Agent: A Meta-Analysis
(2018-03-01)Cardiotoxicity (CT) is a side effect of cancer treatment that can damage the heart and increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Furthermore, CT and reduced physical activity (PA) contribute to a sustained reduction in ... -
Aerosol formation and growth in coal-fired power-plant plumes: Linking plume-scale processes to global aerosols and climate
(2014-10-06)New-particle formation in the plumes of coal-fired power plants and other anthropogenic sulphur sources may be an important source of particles in the atmosphere. These particles may grow to sizes where they can act as ... -
AEROSOL OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE, AIRCRAFT AND SURFACE ANALYZED WITH A GLOBAL MODEL
(2011-08-09)We interpret satellite, aircraft, and ground-based measurements using the GEOS-Chem Chemical Transport Model (CTM) to better understand the global transport and distribution of fine aerosol (PM2.5). Using satellite ... -
Aerosol Wet Scavenging and Cloud Processing of Aerosols in a Global Climate Model
(2011-02-23)Clouds strongly influence three-dimensional aerosol distributions by 1) wet scavenging and subsequent deposition to the earth's surface, and 2) processing and subsequent release to the atmosphere by evaporation processes. ... -
Aesthetic Scandal and Accessibility: The Subversive Simplicity of Rupi Kaur’s milk and honey
(2018-09-04)Rupi Kaur’s debut poetry collection, milk and honey, has been accused of inadequate difficulty by critics and consumers seeking to discredit her work. What is difficulty in poetry, and why is it so central to poetic value? ... -
Aestheticizing the Boy Toy: Queer Childishness in Oscar Wilde and Andy Warhol
(2015)This thesis shifts the paradigm of recent scholarship on the twentieth century figure of the queer child to focus on the childishness of queerness instead. The metaphor of the boy toy, which refers to the childish queer ...