Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses: Recent submissions
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FROM POLICY TO PRACTICE: PROJECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM ACT IN COMBATING ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN CANADA
(2024-08-27)This thesis examines environmental racism in Canada, focusing particularly on the legislative response through the Environmental Racism Act. In Canada, communities such as Africville and Lincolnville have long suffered ... -
Siblings in Sync: Black Sibling Relationships in African American Cinema 1970s-1990s
(2024-08-28)This dissertation analyzes how siblingship operates in African American film narratives in the genres of Blaxploitation and New Black Realism. I am interested in siblingship as a lateral relationship (unlike vertical or ... -
"TRIAL BY GOOGLE": CAN FAIR CRIMINAL JURY TRIALS STILL BE GUARANTEED IN THE DIGITAL AGE?
(2024-08-27)The jury has long had a place within criminal legal systems of the world, including Canada’s. The wisdom of our system’s continued endorsement of the criminal jury depends on the validity of a key presumption: that verdicts ... -
THE HEALTHY IMMIGRANT EFFECT ON ALCOHOL USE IN YOUTH
(2024-08-26)This dissertation examined the Healthy Immigrant Effect (HIE) in relation to youth alcohol use. The HIE is a phenomenon in developed countries with recent immigrants reporting better health upon arrival compared to the ... -
Enhancing Gait Recognition through Edge Detection and Hybrid Feature Extraction Techniques
(2024-08-26)Gait recognition is the process of identifying individuals based on their unique walking patterns. This method has gained importance in biometric systems for its non-intrusive nature and applications in security, ... -
On-Resin Synthesis and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of the Oxazole-Containing Peptide: Wewakazole B
(2024-08-26)Peptides have long been utilized as therapeutic agents for treating cancer, enzyme deficiency disorders, and infectious diseases due to their low toxicity, high selectivity, and specificity. Wewakazole B, a cyanobactin, ... -
Polymer type affects the vertical distribution of microplastics in boreal lake sediments
(2024-08-26)Lakes are disproportionately affected by microplastic pollution, and an estimated 99% of microplastics eventually settle in bottom sediments. Yet, knowledge on the mechanisms driving microplastic accumulation in lake ... -
Structured random light
(2024-08-26)In the quest to enhance the capacity and quality of information networks, structured random light has emerged as a promising option. The study of the structured random light and its application in advancing new-generation ... -
CIRCADIAN NEURONS COMMUNICATE ACROSS DISTINCT REGIONS OF THE DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER BRAIN TO INSTRUCT ASPECTS OF BEHAVIOR
(2024-08-26)The molecular mechanisms that govern behaviour are not well understood. Study of circadian behavior can offer insight while avoiding the complex process of learned behaviour. Circadian behaviors are rhythmic behavioural ... -
AGGREGATE PRODUCTION PLANNING INTEGRATING CLEARING FUNCTION USING NONLINEAR FUNCTION OPTIMIZATION AND SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING
(2024-08-25)Infeasibility in aggregate production planning in material requirements planning (MRP) is mainly caused by the assumption that lead time is constant and load-independent. However, defining a load-dependent lead time may ... -
Trauma cue-induced affect, craving, and automatic cognitons in cannabis users with trauma histories
(2024-08-26)There is an elevated prevalence of cannabis use among trauma-exposed individuals. Moreover, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and cannabis use disorder (CUD) are highly comorbid. Frequent pairing of trauma cues with ... -
THE APPLICATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES CONCEPTS IN CANADIAN URBAN PLANNING
(2024-08-26)The purpose of this qualitative research was to understand if and how the actors with roles in urban planning in three Canadian cities applied ecosystem services (ES) and related concepts (for example, green infrastructure, ... -
REDESIGN AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF AN AEROSPACE HEAT EXCHANGER FOR LASER POWDER BED FUSION
(2024-08-26)Additive manufacturing (AM) enables the creation of heat exchangers with complex geometries that are difficult to produce using traditional manufacturing methods. This thesis focuses on the design and numerical analysis ... -
Infrastructural Landscape as Praxis: Technical Artifact Adaptations in Alberta’s Eastern Irrigation District
(2024-08-27)Debates surrounding the continued development of Irrigation infrastructure within Southern Alberta’s Eastern Irrigation District focus on technological approaches to reducing water consumption by irrigation agriculture ... -
Data-centric Prediction Explanation and Model Editing for Deep Neural Networks
(2024-08-23)Over the past decade, complex black-box models have excelled in various tasks, but their lack of transparency undermines trust in their predictions. This study contributes to Explainable AI (XAI) by introducing data-centric ... -
Librarian Instruction of Methods for Evidence Synthesis: A Digital Sociomaterial Ethnographic Study
(2024-08-26)Academic health librarians work in interdisciplinary landscapes where health professions education, health and biomedical research methods, digital information, and increasingly, online instruction, intersect. These fields ... -
ADDITIVES FOR HIGH VOLTAGE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
(2024-08-26)Li-ion batteries operating at higher voltages can deliver higher energy densities, which are useful for EV applications. The use of additives that can enable cell operation at high voltages and passivate the electrodes is ... -
Implementation of the humanitarian-development nexus in Colombia, in response to the migration flows from Venezuela: strenghts, shortcomings, and necessary adjustments
(2024-08-25)Since the 1980s, practitioners, theorists and donors of humanitarian and development aid have discussed what is the best way to address the gap between the two assistance modalities and help communities meet their short- ... -
Estimating Maximum Expected Time of Rescue: Focusing on Transit Time of Marine Resources to Incidents in the Canadian Artic
(2024-08-23)In recent years, global warming in Canada and Arctic regions has received more attention due to observed increases of 1.7 °C, and 2.3 °C from 1948 to 2016 in the mean annual temperature for Canada and its northern ... -
Identifying Network Traffic Signatures For Texting Via Instant Messaging Applications: A Machine Learning Approach
(2024-08-16)As Instant Messaging Applications become more popular, they can be used for a variety of purposes, including sending files, making voice and video calls as well as texting in groups and private channels for both personal ...