Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses
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LITHIUM ION BATTERY PERFORMANCE IN LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITE APPLICATIONS
This research investigates performance of three groups of 18-65 cylindrical lithium-ion cells with different positive active materials (NCA, NMC, LFP), negative active material (NAM) graphite average particle sizes (2 – ... -
FISCAL, SOCIAL, AND SILVICULTURAL STATE FORESTRY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND, c. 1600-1700
In early modern England, wood supplies were fundamental to the existence of the state which relied on woodland both to generate revenue and to build naval capacity. This study examines how state forestry began to be practiced ... -
NEURONAL MITOCHONDRIAL CALCIUM UNIPORTER DEFICIENCY EXACERBATES AXONAL INJURY AND SUPPRESSES REMYELINATION IN MICE SUBJECTED TO EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
High-capacity mitochondrial calcium (Ca2+) uptake by the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter (MCU) is strategically positioned to support the survival and remyelination of axons in multiple sclerosis (MS) by undocking mitochondria, ... -
Probabilistic Approach for Q-based Ground Support Design
For tunnel, cavern, and shaft design, the inherent variability in a given rock mass domain makes accurately estimating rock quality and support requirements difficult. The Q system developed by Barton provides a method of ... -
Investigation of NMDA Receptor Subunit Composition in the Developing Cat Visual System Following Brief Immersion in Darkness
During early postnatal development, the critical period is a time during which the visual system exhibits robust plasticity, and neural circuitry can be easily modified by changing levels of visually-driven activity. ... -
DRINKING BEHAVIOUR AND DRINKING MOTIVATIONS IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD: HOW DO OUR ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AND FRIENDSHIPS AFFECT OUR ALCOHOL USE?
In my dissertation, I sought to better understand how social influence and drinking motivations impact drinking behaviour within close interpersonal relationships. I focused on the developmental period of emerging adulthood ... -
The association between the rural-urban continuum, social capital, and nutritional risk in community-dwelling older adults in Canada: an analysis of baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Background: High nutritional risk poses a significant threat to the health of older adults. Currently, most research in Canada focuses on nutritional risk in hospital or institutional settings, with little emphasis placed ... -
Birthing and Being Birthed: Exploring How the Experience of Birth Trauma Impacts Birthing People in Their Postpartum Lives
Birth trauma is experienced by up to 30% of childbearing people and has negative health consequences. Further, birth trauma is poorly understood by healthcare providers and childbearing people’s embodied experiences of ... -
Event Stations: A New Narrative for Declining Gas Stations
This thesis examines the abandonment and potential of gas stations in Windsor, Ontario. As ubiquitous structures of the urban roadside, gas stations became an important piece of infrastructure for the city and the ... -
Synthetic Space (and the Architecture of Play)
This thesis is about the kinetic relationship between body and space. It attempts to read the world as a continuous experience rooted in bodily sensation and investigates relationships between human bodies in the conception, ... -
MECHANISTIC INSIGHT INTO THE PROLACTIN-/ANDROGEN-INDUCIBLE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE-D AND EDD E3 UBIQUITIN LIGASE GENES IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER
Membrane-bound Carboxypeptidase-D (CPD) hydrolyzes C-terminal arginine residues from extracellular substrates. Released arginine, taken into cells, is converted into nitric oxide (NO). Our laboratory has shown that CPD ... -
The Effect of Bacterial High Temperature Protein G on Intestinal Epithelial Cells in the Context of Pediatric Crohn’s Disease
Crohn’s disease (CD), a type of inflammatory bowel disease, is caused by environmental, microbial, genetic, and immunological factors. Increased expression of specific heat shock proteins (HSPs) in CD patients protects ... -
Identifying Novel Effectors of Breast Cancer Stem Cell Population Equilibrium and Survival
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients face poor survival outcomes possibly due to the presence of a small, yet aggressive population of cells termed cancer stem cells (CSCs). In breast cancer, CSCs are defined ... -
Buyer behaviour toward Instagram based businesses in Saudi Arabia
This study explores the behavior of buyers in Saudi Arabia. Primarily, buyers who are using Instagram to purchase from new types of e-businesses; businesses that use Instagram as their only platform for commerce. The ... -
Ultra-Low-Power Super Regenerative Receivers for Wireless Communication
In this Thesis, both low frequency and high frequency ultra-low-power super-regenerative receiver with detailed circuits and system design for wireless communication networks has been proposed in this thesis. The SRR ... -
EXTRACELLULAR MITOCHONDRIA RELEASED FROM LIVER ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY ACT AS ALARMINS TO EVOKE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND TRIGGER INFLAMMATION
Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) during liver transplantation enhances the immunogenicity of allografts and thus impacts overall graft outcome. This sterile inflammatory insult is known to activate innate immunity and ... -
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE IN-PLANE AND OUT-OF-PLANE BEHAVIOUR OF UNREINFORCED MASONRY INFILLS BOUNDED BY RC FRAMES
A literature review revealed that there is limited technical information available on the subject of masonry infilled frames, in particular, the interaction between the infill and its bounding frame and how this interaction ... -
CATALYTIC GRAPHITIZATION BY LIGHT METALS
The catalytic effects of light metals (Mg and Li) on the graphitization process and the effects of precursors, blending conditions, heating conditions, and additives on the graphitization rate and the final graphite ... -
INVESTIGATING A RESPONSIVE INTERACTION TECHNIQUE FOR JOINT ATTENTION IN CHILDREN (8-12) WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: A PILOT EYE-TRACKING STUDY
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) demonstrate difficulty with joint attention (JA). A scoping review showed that methods of cueing for and measuring JA used in research influence JA, with methodologies emphasizing ... -
The effect of community of discharge on length of stay for unplanned hospitalizations: An indicator of community care integration?
Objective: Adjusted hospital length of stay (LOS), widely used to benchmark hospital efficiency, does not account for community-driven variation. We estimate the extent to which community affects LOS for unplanned ...
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