Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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The Adaptation of a Thunder Bay Grain Elevator
(2011-04-08)This thesis is an exploration of spatial possibilities within a concrete terminal grain elevator in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Informed by research into the history, function, and construction of grain elevators, this ... -
ADAPTATION TO THE PULLET-REARING ENVIRONMENT BY PROVIDING LIGHTING DURING EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT
(2019-09-06)In this study, it was hypothesized that providing a photoperiod during incubation will positively affect the production performance of laying hens. In the current study 640 eggs from each of two laying hen lines, (Lohmann ... -
Adapting drinking water treatment strategies to changing source water quality under the stress of climate impacts
(2020-08-20)Over the last few decades, noticeable chemical and microbiological changes in water quality have been observed in Atlantic Canada lakes as a result of recovery from acidification and climatic drivers. This has multiple ... -
ADAPTING TO SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH ARCHITECTURE: AN INTEGRATED COMMUNITY HUB FOR MOSHUPA VILLAGE, BOTSWANA
(2011-08-16)The thesis explores the role of Architecture in enhancing a sustainable rural livelihood in Botswana. Moshupa village is analyzed and assessed to create an alternative, self-sustainable model for rural development that can ... -
Adapting to the Island: the Architectural Reuse of a once active British Naval Facility for Bermuda
(2011-04-08)This thesis explores the possibilities of adaptively reusing an existing site to provide new services and work spaces for the local artistic community within a once heavily used Brit- ish naval ship building and repair ... -
Adapting Tristram Shandy
(2011-09-07)Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, has been noted as an unconventional eighteenth-century novel and it has long been considered unadaptable and unfilmable. In the last decade, however, ... -
Adaptive and neutral genetic variation in spring- and fall-spawning herring (Clupea harengus L.) in the Northwest Atlantic
(2020-09-11)Understanding the factors influencing the spatial distribution of intraspecific diversity is both a fundamental goal in evolutionary biology and necessary for the design of robust management strategies for harvested species. ... -
Adaptive and non-adaptive plasticity and fine-scale genetic variation in life-history reaction norms in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
(2012-12-11)The persistence of a species in the face of environmental change is a function of the extent to which populations respond differently to changes in their environment and the spatial correspondence between the scale of ... -
Adaptive Function Value Warping for Surrogate Model Assisted Evolutionary Optimization
(2021-08-24)Invariance to strictly monotonic transformations of the objective function is an important feature in the design of black-box optimization algorithms. For this reason, ordinal surrogates have been established as an attractive ... -
ADAPTIVE LONG TERM TRACKING AND AUTONOMOUS FOLLOWING USING STEREO-CAMERA OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITH COLLISION AVOIDANCE
(2015)Unmanned aerial vehicles commercially called quadcopters or drones have become increasingly popular over recent years, delving into wide range of fields from medicine for providing immediate health care or in agriculture ... -
Adaptive Observer-based Super Twisting Sliding Mode Control of Quadcopters for Trajectory Tracking and Low Altitude Grasping
(2023-08-24)Aerial grasping is revolutionizing Industry 4.0 through robotics. However, achieving stable flight and precise grasping in the face of disturbances, especially during complex trajectory tracking and low altitude flights, ... -
Adaptive Path Planning for an Autonomous Marine Vehicle Performing Cooperative Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
(2012-04-24)Adaptive path planning of an autonomous marine vehicle (surface or subsurface) in the role of a communication and navigation aid (CNA) for multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for survey missions is studied. This ... -
Adaptive Robust Impedance Control and Neural Network Based Control for Telerehabilitation with Upper-Limb Robotic Exoskeletons
(2021-06-08)With the unprecedented increase in global senior population and the accompanying debilitating neurological diseases, there is a growing and unmet demand for physical rehabilitation. Additionally, the drastic reduction of ... -
Adaptive Scheduling of Non-Emergency Patient Transfers with Workload Balancing Constraints: A Mixed Integer Programming Approach
(2019-08-30)Emergency Medical Services organizations are responsible for providing paramedic crews, vehicles and equipment to transfer patients from one location to another in emergency and non-emergency settings. In the non-emergency ... -
ADAPTIVE SCHOOLS: EXPLORING HOW DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY CAN EXTEND THE LIFESPAN OF MATERIALS AND BE APPLIED TO THE FLUCTUATING REQUIREMENTS OF TEACHING FACILITIES
(2018-04-06)This thesis investigates how designing with disassembly in mind will extend the lifespan of materials and decrease the environmental impact of construction. The most suitable programs to test this concept involve projects ... -
Adaptive Sequential Optimization Decision Making Approach to Procurement, Storage and Distribution of Perishable Food Items to Fast-Food Chain Restaurants at Regional Level
(2019-08-29)The fast-food restaurant chain industry currently relies on frozen ingredients to reduce the cost of procurement of raw-material. In recent years, consumers are shifting their habit of eating out from fast-food chain ... -
THE ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF EGG-SIZE VARIATION WITHIN AND AMONG POPULATIONS OF ATLANTIC SALMON
(2013-08-02)This thesis focuses on the classic problem of investment per offspring. It is an attempt to (i) reconcile theoretical research with empirical methods that can be used to test theory, (ii) test a fundamental prediction that ... -
Added Value: Pursuing Architecture that Promotes Social Prosperity & Encourages Economic Interest
(2014-08-21)Architects are arguably the most qualified to shape our cities and communities since they study and design our built environments. However, many of their ideas will never be proposed because clients, who are the real drivers ... -
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF AISI D2 TOOL STEEL USING DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION
(2023-04-23)The main objective of the current thesis is to optimise direct energy deposition (DED) process parameters to fabricate parts with good mechanical and geometrical properties and to determine the best of postprocessing heat ... -
Addressing Barriers to Gene Therapy: Safety and Efficacy
(2022-08-29)The development of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system has driven renewed interest in the field of gene therapy. However, despite recent advancements, barriers to clinical gene therapies remain. My research aims to address ...