Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Improved Artificial Potential Field Method for Robotic Path Planning
(2020-12-18)Determination of a collision free path for a robot between start and goal positions through obstacles cluttered in a workspace is central to the design of an autonomous robot path planning. This thesis presents an improved ... -
Improved Charge Transfer and Barrier Lowering across a Au-MoS2 Interface through the Insertion of a Layered Ca2N Electride
(2021-08-31)Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are a family of layered semiconductors with great potential to impact the upcoming field of two-dimensional (2D) electronics. In particular, MoS2 is a TMDC with a desirable band ... -
Improved functional magnetic resonance imaging at 4.0 T
(2015-04-13)Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is an important tool for the study of the human brain. When performed at higher field strengths, fMRI offers increased signal strength and sensitivity to activation. Unfortunately, ... -
Improved Middle Ear Imaging with Optical Coherence Tomography for Clinical Otology
(2023-08-28)Conductive hearing loss (CHL) is a widespread and debilitating condition that affects millions of individuals worldwide. This impairment results from disruptions in the transmission of sound waves from the tympanic membrane ... -
Improved optimal economic and environmental operations of power systems using particle swarm optimization.
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An Improved Path Integration Mechanism Using Neural Fields Which Implement A Biologically Plausible Analogue To A Kalman Filter
(2013-02-28)Interaction with the world is necessary for both animals and robots to complete tasks. This interaction requires a sense of self, or the orientation of the robot or animal with respect to the world. Creating and maintaining ... -
IMPROVED POWER SYSTEM REALIZATION AND INTEGRATION
(2020-04-14)The main goal of this research is to pave a new path to solve electric power system problems from a realistic perspective. The problems covered in this thesis are power transmission lines, power flow (PF) or load flow (LF) ... -
IMPROVED PREDICTION OF THE EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH REGIONAL-SCALE NUMERICAL MODELING AND DATA ASSIMILATION
(2018-12-05)The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is of great ecological and socio-economic importance; however, its ecosystems are increasingly stressed by anthropogenic pressures. Two of the most serious are excessive nutrient inputs from land ... -
Improved Projection Methods for Exploratory Data Analysis in Chemistry
(2012-08-24)With the rapid development of modern instruments, chemical data have become more complex in both volume and structure, which imposes more demanding requirements for advanced data analysis tools. As a highly interfacial ... -
Improved Synthesis and Enhanced Reactivity of X-BODIPYs
(2019-01-15)F-BODIPYs are most known for their high thermal and photochemical stability, being quite chemically robust and having tunable fluorescence properties. This thesis focuses on three general areas of BODIPY chemistry: the ... -
Improving Adult Inpatient Eating Disorder Treatment: Perspectives of Canadians with Lived Experience
(2023-04-13)Eating disorders (EDs) are experienced by approximately one million Canadians and represent the greatest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. Despite this, adult inpatient eating disorder (ED) treatment remains unstructured, ... -
Improving Claims Resolution: Alternative Processes in Canada's Immigration System
(2015-04-15)This thesis argues that alternative dispute resolution processes form a vital part of Canada’s immigration and refugee claims determination system. Using an analytical framework that draws on dispute resolution and ... -
Improving Efficacy and Efficiency of Hypothesis Adaptation and Federated Learning
(2023-07-28)Small computing devices, such as smartphones, constantly collect and store data that can potentially help machines learn complex tasks. However, the data contained on a single device is relatively small and biased, making ... -
IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF ORDER PICKING IN PICKER-TO-PARTS WAREHOUSES
(2013-12-12)Order picking is considered one of the most time-consuming operations in picker-to-parts warehouses. Accordingly, more emphasis has been given to the task of improving the efficiency of order picking systems in general, ... -
IMPROVING ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITOR PERFORMANCE THROUGH STUDIES OF MANGANESE OXIDE HYDRATION AND REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE SELF-DISCHARGE
(2018-07-03)Electrochemical capacitors (ECs) store energy in a double layer of charge at an electrode/electrolyte interface and/or through rapid redox reactions. The first project discussed herein is a comprehensive study of the effect ... -
IMPROVING LIPID OXIDATION MEASUREMENTS: INVESTIGATING A 1H NMR ALTERNATIVE TO AND EVALUATING THE ASSUMPTIONS OF STANDARD CHEMICAL METHODS
(2017-04-07)Commonly used measures of lipid oxidation, such as the peroxide value (PV), conjugated diene value (CDV), and p-anisidine value (pAV) tests, are labourious and reagent-intensive. The objective of this thesis was to improve ... -
IMPROVING MOBILE MALWARE DETECTORS USING CO-EVOLUTION TO CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL ARMS RACES
(2018-08-21)On the Internet today, mobile malware is one of the most common attack methods. These attacks are usually established via malicious mobile apps. One technique used to combat this threat is the deployment of mobile malware ... -
Improving Modern Code Review Leveraging Contextual and Structural Information from Source Code
(2023-08-28)Review comments are a major building block of modern code reviews. Ensuring the quality of code review comments is essential, but manually writing high-quality review comments is technically challenging and time-consuming. ... -
Improving Performance for Multi-Agent Systems using Mixed-Type Feedback and Fuzzy Logic Tuning
(2021-08-17)The synchronization of multi-robot systems has numerous applications, including search and rescue missions and collaborative manufacturing. In multi-agent systems, information transmission delays in the communication network ...
