Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses: Recent submissions
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A tangent category approach to operadic geometry
(2024-08-21)In his Lectures on Noncommutative Geometry, Ginzburg proposes a theory of algebraic noncommutative (affine) geometry. One of the fundamental insights of noncommutative geometry is to regard associative, non necessarily ... -
Assistance dogs for PTSD: A study of canine detection accuracy, therapeutic potential, and ethical dimensions
(2024-08-21)Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness with high comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, and potentially debilitating symptoms and associated features. Current first-line treatments are effective ... -
A RISK ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT SMR DESIGNS
(2024-08-08)This thesis investigates the risk analysis of various Small Modular Reactor (SMR) designs, focusing on the three critical aspects: safety, security, and safeguards (3S's). SMRs, with their innovative design, promise enhanced ... -
A MULTI-METHOD EXAMINATION OF PARTNERSHIPS IN KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION FOR PEDIATRIC PAIN
(2024-08-20)Knowledge mobilization (KM) activities are critical in pediatric pain management where knowledge to action gaps are prevalent; however, how to engage different partners in KM is not well understood. This dissertation sought ... -
Diversifying Discourse: Best Practices for the Effective Engagement of Equity-Deserving Youth in Mental Health Advocacy
(2024-08-19)Contemporary North American mental health organisations often struggle to diversify the discourse informing their programs. Youth-facing institutions may have disproportionately few individuals identifying as low-income, ... -
EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCE OF TRANSITIONING TO PALLIATIVE CARE OF YOUNG ADULTS LIVING WITH METASTATIC/ADVANCED CANCER
(2024-08-19)Background: A diagnosis of cancer for a person in young adulthood may come with distinctive challenges due to their stage of development. Palliative care is recommended to be delivered alongside cancer care for young adults ... -
AUGE IN ME ISTA DONEC ME REFORMES AD INTEGRUM: THE RENEWAL OF THE IMAGO DEI IN SAINT AUGUSTINE’S DE TRINITATE AS DEIFICATION
(2024-08-20)The imago Dei is central to Augustine’s De Trinitate. Augustine supports his primary concern of establishing a correct understanding of the Trinity by engaging in a secondary task: the examination of the renewal of the ... -
P-Gamer: A Domain-Independent Platform for Tailoring Persuasive Games and Studying their Effectiveness.
(2024-08-20)Persuasive games for health are interventions designed to promote behaviour change through various persuasive strategies. Understanding the effectiveness of these strategies before implementing them is crucial in the design ... -
NEW HOLISTIC STRUCTURAL ROBUSTNESS AND STRUCTURAL REDUNDANCY INDICES FOR TRUSS BRIDGES: FORMULATION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
(2024-08-19)The objectives of this thesis are to 1) formulate a new holistic structural robustness index for truss bridges, along with a separate index for structural redundancy, 2) apply the new indices to assess a steel truss bridge ... -
Relationship Between Hospital Surgical Volumes and Length of Stay for Index Conditions in Pediatric Surgery: A Canadian Population-Based Study
(2024-08-17)Literature to on the volume-outcome relationship in pediatric surgery is inconclusive. This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information from April 2010 to March 2023, to ... -
Child and Adolescent Virtual Mental Health and Duration of Treatment: A Retrospective Cohort Study
(2024-08-19)The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a rapid shift from in-person to virtual outpatient child and adolescent mental health services, raising questions about the impact on treatment duration. This study aimed to 1) describe ... -
NEVER LET ME FORGET: CRUEL EMPATHY IN KAZUO ISHIGURO’S NEVER LET ME GO
(2024-08-16)This thesis interrogates the commonly held conception that empathy is an inherently positive trait by looking at the character, Kathy H., in Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go. By looking at scholarly notion of attention, ... -
Displaced Women: Stitching Through Transitional Period Beyond Liminality
(2024-07-12)Women during and post-displacement are the most vulnerable to violence and at risk of their livelihood. It has become common for individuals and communities to experience more than one displacement in their lifespan, ... -
Kizuna: Reconnecting Machiya and Craft Traditions in Kyoto
(2024-08-19)Kizuna means “connection” in Japanese, implying that everything is inextricably connected. In Kyoto’s Nishijin district, traditional craft and machiya townhouses share an uncertain fate — one where they might disappear ... -
Earth’s Last Hour: Climate Crisis Defeatism and Green Anarchism in Jack Vance’s The Dying Earth
(2024-08-19)This thesis argues that the titular “science fantasy” setting in Jack Vance’s collection of interrelated stories, The Dying Earth, helps to illuminate the harms of the ideology of climate defeatism. In the text, “magical” ... -
Numerical Exploration of Residual Stress Mechanisms in Rock
(2024-08-18)Residual stresses are known to exist within the microstructure of crystalline materials as a result of material formation processes and exists in a state of equilibrium with their own internal forces. Research has ... -
Virtual Worlds Beyond Sight: Designing and Evaluating an Audio-Haptic System for Non-Visual VR Exploration
(2024-08-16)Virtual Reality (VR), predominantly focusing on visuospatial renderings in its contemporary approach, has created a conservative narrative, making VR solely analogous to a mediated visual experience. While accessibility ... -
Characterization of Cholinergic, Neuropathological, and Neuroinflammatory Changes in Human Brain Nuclei Involved in the Sleep-Wake Cycle in Neurodegenerative Disorders
(2024-08-16)Neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs) embody the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons, typically culminating in neuronal cell death and include conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), dementia with Lewy ... -
PHYTOCANNABINOID BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE MODULATES INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION IN IN VITRO AND MURINE MODELS OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION
(2024-08-12)Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common infections, placing significant burdens on both patients and the healthcare system. Though antibiotics usually clear UTIs, they do not address pain and inflammation. The terpene, ... -
The Impact of Contaminants on the Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer Characteristics of Pilot-Scale Microbubble Aerated Columns
(2024-08-15)Gas-liquid contacting plays a key role in many industrial operations, where achieving high volumetric mass transfer coefficient values (kLa) is crucial for enhanced performance. However, contaminants present in almost all ...