Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses
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The Effect of Situational Speaking Anxiety on Stuttering Frequency in Adults Who Stutter
(2003-12)The purpose of this study was to examine whether there is a relationship between degree of speaking anxiety, pressure to not stutter, and stuttering in varying speaking situations using two different methodologies. In Study ... -
SHINING A LIGHT TO CHICKEN EMBRYOS: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON HATCHERY MANAGEMENT
(2023-05-24)The transition towards limiting the use of antibiotics in the production of commercial broiler chickens has challenged the Canadian poultry industry to consider alternate approaches to managing bird health and disease. A ... -
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 ... -
STUDY OF TEMPERATURE, SALINITY, AND CIRCULATION OVER COASTAL AND SHELF WATERS USING NESTED-GRID CIRCULATION MODELS
(2023-05-05)The coastal and shelf waters (CSWs) support a wide range of human activities including tourism, recreation, transportation, and fisheries. Reliable knowledge of dynamics and temperature/salinity over the CSWs are of great ... -
Studies on Leaching Behaviour of Sodium Borosilicate Glasses
(1989-10)A combination of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and epithermal INAA (EINAA) methods has been developed for the simultaneous determination of multi-element concentrations. The elements measured includes Al, ... -
Radiochemical and Instrumental Neutron Activation Analyses of Neoplastic Tissues
(1980-06)Radiochemical and instrumental neutron activation analysis methods coupled with high-resolution Ge(Li) gamma-ray spectrometry have been developed in this work to study the role of trace elements in some models of neoplasia, ... -
A Correction Method for Coincidence Losses in Neutron Activation Analysis with Short-Lived Nuclides
(1981-03)Development of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) methods for simultaneous determination of multielement concentrations is reported in this thesis. Emphasis is placed on the use of short-lived nuclides. A ... -
The Neoplatonic Prehistory of Augustine's Doctrine of The Trintiy
(2001-09)This thesis examines the Neoplatonic philosophical history of the first principle which leads up to and includes Augustine's doctrine of the Trinity. While contemporary scholarship of this history shows how scholars often ... -
Cuticle Proteins in Diverse Lines of Chickens
(2023-04-28)This study investigated variability of cuticle proteins on the eggshell surface from different chicken lines, as they aged. Proteins from 10 eggs were removed from two commercial lines every 30 days from 20 - 66 weeks-of-age. ... -
Urban Intercurrence: The Struggle to Build Walkable Downtowns in Car-Dependent Suburbia
(2023-04-28)An increasing number of cities in Canada and the United States hope to retrofit car- dependent suburban areas into walkable, transit-oriented communities to achieve goals related to health, sustainability, and economic ... -
Stationarity Analysis and Supervised Machine Learning Techniques for Energy Management Forecasting
(2023-04-26)One of the most realistic solutions to the problem of power outages in remote areas is hybrid energy sources (HES). Forecasting is necessary because HES uses renewable energy sources, which are often either intermittent ... -
Exploration of NLP-Based Feature Extraction Techniques for Security Analysis and Anomaly Detection of Service Logs
(2023-04-28)The goal of this research is to provide security and machine learning (ML) practitioners with deeper insight when selecting features and algorithms for unsupervised log analysis. This thesis explores the effect of traditional ... -
ENHANCED PERFORMANCE OF SOLAR IRRADIANCE PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING AND DATA MINING TECHNIQUES
(2023-04-28)This work proposes two techniques to enhance predictive performance. The first technique addresses implementation details regarding relevancy and redundancy measures, exploring how they may, respectively, be enhanced and ... -
Generating and Analyzing Encrypted Traffic of Instant Messaging Applications: A Comprehensive Framework
(2023-04-28)Instant Messaging Applications (IMAs) are the primary communication tools for smartphone users. However, analyzing encrypted network traffic from IMAs poses challenges due to end-to-end encryption, user privacy, and dynamic ... -
NEW IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXCHANGE-HOLE DIPOLE MOMENT DISPERSION METHOD FOR LARGE-SCALE MATERIALS SIMULATIONS
(2023-04-28)Intermolecular interactions are the forces that exist between molecules and are fundamental to many aspects of chemistry and the natural sciences, including the determination of the phases of matter. A correct theoretical ... -
EFFECT OF PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES ON BIOSOLID NITROGEN (N) FORMS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOIL N MINERALIZATION DYNAMICS AND N-ACQUIRING ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN AN ACIDIC SOIL
(2023-04-28)Biosolids application to soils has been seen as a sustainable agricultural practice to recycle organic matter and nutrients and mitigate climate change. Four different types of biosolids were produced by treating an identical ... -
Dynamic Compact Planar Embeddings
(2023-04-28)This thesis presents a way to compactly represent dynamic connected planar embeddings, which may contain self loops and multi-edges, in 4m + o(m) bits, to support basic navigation in O(lg n) time and edge and vertex ... -
Application of machine learning algorithm on binary classification model for stroke treatment eligibility
(2023-04-17)In Canada, stroke is the leading cause of adult disability and the third leading cause of death. Ischemic stroke is the most common type, making up approximately 85% of all stroke patients. Endovascular treatment (EVT) is ... -
Psychometric Properties and Age-Related Effects of the Combined Attention Systems Test
(2023-04-25)Attention is a multifaceted cognitive process that is important for functioning in daily life. The study of attention commonly focuses on three networks: alerting, orienting, and executive control. Despite the rich literature ... -
A submersible eDNA sampler that enables persistent site assessment of biodiversity
(2023-04-24)Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis facilitates the study of biodiversity in aquatic habitats. eDNA samplers automate the sample collection process required for eDNA analysis, reducing the manual labour needed. This thesis ...
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