Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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PEER-MEDIATED PIVOTAL RESPONSE TREATMENT FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
(2015)Despite dramatic progress in behavioral treatment of preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the gap in effective intervention models for children once they transition to school is striking. This dissertation ... -
A pelagic paradox: the ecology of a top predator in an oceanic desert
(2012-12-21)Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are widely distributed in all oceans, but principally found in areas of high primary productivity. Historically, they were whaled extensively in the Sargasso Sea and recent surveys ... -
PELAGIC SEABIRD MOVEMENT ECOLOGY: ASSESSING DRIVERS OF ALBATROSS (DIOMEDEIDAE) MOVEMENT AND THE UTILITY OF BIOLOGGING TOOLS FOR WIDE-RANGING AND THREATENED SEABIRDS
(2016-03-28)Wide-ranging pelagic seabirds are among the most threatened and most mobile of all marine taxa. Understanding their movement ecology is necessary to develop effective conservation solutions for declines, yet many drivers ... -
PENSER LE MONDE CONTEMPORAIN : IMAGE ET FANTASTIQUE DANS L’ŒUVRE ROMANESQUE DE KOSSI EFOUI
(2019-04-04)This thesis is based on Kossi Efoui's novels: La Polka (1998), La Fabrique de cérémonies (2001), Solo d’un revenant (2008), L’Ombre des choses à venir (2011), Cantique de l'acacia (2017). It analyzes his fiction with a ... -
PEOPLE MEET IN PUBLIC: SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN THE VERTICAL CITY
(2016-04-08)Privatization, urbanization, and advancements in communication technology and social media have contributed to social isolation and the degradation of public space by removing the real-life interactions and chance ... -
PEOPLE, PLACES, AND VIOLENCE: A STUDY OF THE OLD FRENCH CHANSON D’ANTIOCHE
(2023-04-14)The Chanson d’Antioche is a twelfth-century, Old French epic poem which, together with two other works, the Chanson des Chétifs and Chanson de Jérusalem, forms a trilogy of chansons de geste referred to as the central, or ... -
Pepper-derived phytochemicals modulate metastatic processes in triple-negative breast cancer cells: a nanoparticle-based delivery approach
(2019-11-28)Metastasis and disease relapse are the primary determinant of cancer prognosis. The process of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a crucial role in the induction of metastasis. Novel therapeutics are urgently ... -
THE PERCEIVED BENEFITS AND BARRIERS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FOOD HUB IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
(2021-12-01)In recent years a food distribution business model, known as a food hub has emerged as a potential solution to help support local food economies. Small and mid-sized farm operators who are interested in entering the retail ... -
The Perception and Neural Representation of Individual Harmonics in a Vowel Sound: A Behavioral and Auditory Brainstem Evoked Response Study
(2012-01-12)Vowel perception primarily depends on the overall shape of the speech spectrum, which is imposed by the positions of the primary speech articulators. Voiced vowels also have a harmonic fine structure due to the activity ... -
Perceptions in Procession: Architectural Interventions on Freeway Infrastructure
(2016-09-01)The evolution of the automobile has directly impacted the formation of many cities but has played a major role in the development of Los Angeles, and is the reason for its extending urban forms with suburban growth. ... -
Perceptions of Patient Safety: What Influences Patient and Provider Involvement?
(2012-12-06)Patient safety strategies have traditionally involved the promotion of provider-oriented practices aimed at reducing known risks associated with surgery, infection, and continuity of care. With the knowledge that patient ... -
PERCEPTIONS OF PREGNANT INUIT WOMEN, ELDERS, COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE EXPERTS, PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH REPRESENTATIVES IN NUNAVUT ABOUT MATERNAL PERTUSSIS IMMUNIZATION
(2020-12-17)There are established maternal pertussis and influenza immunization programs in Nunavut. This thesis project provides information about the perceptions of community healthcare experts, providers, and community healthcare ... -
Perceptual and Motor IOR: Components or Flavours?
(2011-05-02)The most common evidence for inhibition of return (IOR) is the robust finding of increased response times to targets that appear at previously cued locations following a cue-target interval exceeding ~ 300 ms. In a ... -
PERCEPTUAL SHAPE FEATURE BASED IMAGE CODING FOR VISUAL CONTENT CLASSIFICATION AND OBJECT RECOGNITION
(2018-12-13)The most essential technique in creating agents with the ability to process and understand the content of visual data is object recognition, which includes image content classi cation, and object localization. Deep ... -
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty as a model of cardiac ischemia: Clinical and modelling studies.
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Perfectionism and self-defeating behaviours: Studying individuals and dyads over time
(2012-09-28)People high in socially prescribed perfectionism (i.e., those who perceive others demand perfection of them) often behave in ways that are incongruent with their efforts to be perfect for others. This research proposes and ... -
Perfectionism, Life Narratives, and Well-Being During Freshman Year
(2012-08-22)Various dimensions of perfectionism are proposed, but are seldom integrated. This research develops and tests an integrative theory of perfectionism. Theory predicts personality traits (perfectionistic concerns, but not ... -
Performance Analysis and Application of Electromagnetic Time Reversal in Source Reconstruction using Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method
(2018-12-13)Source reconstruction is a type of an electromagnetic inverse problem that has a wide range of applications. Using the time reversal invariance property of the Maxwell’s equations, reconstruction of electromagnetics sources ... -
Performance Analysis of a Residential, Wind-Energy Thermal Storage System
(2011-10-21)Wind-generated electricity is presented as a means to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and improve a region’s energy security. The variable nature of wind-electricity means that electricity providers face ... -
Performance Analysis of Cryptographic Functions on Programmable NICs
(2022-08-12)The development of programmable network interface cards (also known as SmartNICs) often come with multiple computing cores and multi-hundred Gbps bandwidth that can be used as an enhancement of network computing to extend ...