Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses
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Pipeline Implementation of AES Algorithm for Improved Resource Management and Higher Throughput
(2023-05-31)This thesis is focused on a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based implementation of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cryptography. The objective is to effectively implement the AES algorithm with less resource ... -
Evaluating Particle Migration Through A Geotextile Filter Cake Using Fluorescent Microspheres
(2023-05-21)Viable dewatering techniques are an effective method to manage large volumes of contaminated, high-water content dredged sediments but the passing of small particles with attached organic contaminants during dewatering can ... -
Validation in Risk and Hazard Analysis in Safety-Critical Industries: Understanding Current Practices to Develop a Framework for STPA Validation
(2023-05-30)In recent years, scholars have increasingly delved into the theoretical foundations and issues surrounding risk and safety science. However, validation has not received much explicit attention although it has been highlighted ... -
CRYSTALLIZATION ONSET AND POLYMORPHIC OCCURRENCE IN PURE SATURATED TRIACYLGLYCEROLS DURING COOLING FROM THE MELT
(2023-05-20)The effect of cooling rate on crystallization onset temperature and polymorphic occurrence in four pure saturated triacylglycerols, tridodecanoate (LLL), trimyristate (MMM), tripalmitate (PPP) and tristearate (SSS) has ... -
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 ...