Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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The Innovation of Ideation and Ideology : An Analytical Framework and Application to the Cases of Sabbateanism and Zionism
(1973)This thesis represents an attempt to develop further the notions of "proaction" and "reaction" as alluded to by the author and Professor G. Zollschan elsewhere (85). Proaction (i.e., the creation of society by man) and ... -
INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS OF TIRE DERIVED AGGREGATE (TDA) FOR BURIED PIPES AND CULVERTS
(2020-09-11)Social well being and economic prosperity are tied together in a mutually supportive and interdependent scheme. Achieving prosperity is highly related to the socio-economic well being and cannot be achieved without strong ... -
Innovative Clinical Tools for Objectively Measuring Longitudinal Changes in Knee Arthroplasty Patient Gait Kinematics Awaiting Surgery
(2024-04-22)Current clinical management of end-stage knee OA lacks objective functional assessments of patients. Markerless motion capture systems are a new technology that have the potential to facilitate efficient, well-integrated ... -
An Inquiry of Early Childhood Development in a First Nation Community: Exploring how Families Experience Accessing Services
(2023-08-31)Healthy wholistic development of Indigenous children in Canada is important to families and communities. Early Childhood Development has been identified by a First Nation community as a priority area that requires research. ... -
The Ins and Outs of Protein Trafficking Pathways: Insights from the FAST Proteins
(2016-08-12)Sorting and trafficking of integral membrane proteins to the plasma membrane is essential for cellular homeostasis. Our understanding of the pathways and sorting signals that regulate protein trafficking is far from complete, ... -
INSERTION OF PRIVACY SERVICES IN PRIVACY ARCHITECTURE FOR WEB SERVICES (PAWS)
(2014-04-01)Huge growth of the Internet is due to the large number of websites and web services through which information is easily accessible. E-commerce and e-services obtain much private data from users for various reasons such ... -
Inside Nigerian foreign policy, 1960-1993: Ethnicity, class, state and leadership contradictions.
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Inside or Outside the Struggle?: Exploring Political Possibilities for Freelance Developers
(2020-05-14)This thesis examines the everyday work time and work space experiences of freelance web and software developers and programmers. It asks how freelance experiences inform collective efforts to overcome the precariousness ... -
Insider Threat Detection Data Augmentation Using WCGAN-GP
(2022-04-12)This thesis explores the application of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) in augmenting insider threat detection datasets to alleviate class imbalance. In addition, a machine learning based insider threat detection ... -
INSIGHT INTO GLOBAL GROUND-LEVEL AIR QUALITY USING SATELLITES, MODELING AND IN SITU MEASUREMENTS
(2015)Ground-level air quality depends on the ambient concentration of atmospheric aerosols and trace gases. We applied information on aerosols and trace gases gathered from satellite remote sensing, in situ observations, and ... -
An Insight into implant failure through Inducible Displacement and Gait Analysis in Total Knee Replacements
(2013-09-12)Knee osteoarthritis is a debilitating disease causing pain and disability in adults. Biomechanical factors including obesity, abnormal magnitude and load distribution have been cited to play a role in its initiation and ... -
INSIGHTS INTO THE BASIS FOR ATRIAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL REMODELLING AND ARRHYTHMOGENESIS IN HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE, AGEING, AND FRAILTY
(2019-11-28)Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major complication in heart disease and is linked to alterations in Angiotensin II (Ang II) signalling; however, the effects of Ang II on atrial electrophysiology is poorly understood. Natriuretic ... -
Insights into the Electronic Nature of the Iron Porphyrin Framework: A Computational Study
(2015-03-13)Density functional theory, a quantum mechanical based electronic structure method, is used to investigate iron porphyrin systems. Specific interest in the electronic structure of the heme group in myoglobin and hemoglobin ... -
INSIGHTS INTO THE INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND IRON ON SOUTHERN OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON
(2023-08-28)The photosynthetic conversion of CO2 into organic matter by phytoplankton sustains marine food webs, influences the long-term burial of atmospheric carbon, and underpins many other critical Earth system processes. Seasonal ... -
Insights into the Origin of the CNS: Early Development of Aminergic Neurons in Molluscs
(2022-04-29)Advances in molecular approaches over the last few decades have offered new insights into animal phylogeny, revitalizing discussions on the origin of the central nervous system (CNS). Evidence of conserved developmental ... -
INSIGHTS INTO THE ROLE OF COMPLEMENT DURING INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION
(2016-09-12)Complement is arguably the most ancient and effective innate defensesystemthat can also promote pathogenesis in multiple disorders. The focus of this study was to understand the impact of complement in diseases of the ... -
INSIGHTS INTO THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN COLITIS-ASSOCIATED CANCER: TARGETING TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTORS
(2011-12-20)Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are associated with an elevated risk of colorectal cancer that increases with disease duration and severity. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a major therapeutic target in IBD, but long-term ... -
Instability Thresholds and Dynamics of Mesa Patterns in Reaction-Diffusion Systems
(2011-08-26)We consider reaction-diffusion systems of two variables with Neumann boundary conditions on a finite interval with diffusion rates of different orders. Solutions of these systems can exhibit a variety of patterns and ... -
Instant Indigenous communities
(1998)This thesis aims to explore issues of relocation, myth, and the cultural particularities of habitable space. These ideas are explored and tested through two community design projects, both consisting of cohesive migrations ...
