Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 by Title
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Investigation of the impact of impurities on the properties of nitride semiconductors grown by RPECVD
(2015-10-21)Progress toward the improvement of optical emission from InGaN optical active region devices is made through a combination of the tailoring of p-type gallium nitride growth recipes and bandstructure calculations on a graded ... -
Investigation of winter habitat selection by woodland caribou in relation to forage abundance and snow accumulation
(2014-01-22)Imprecision and misclassification of land cover types are two issues commonly encountered in habitat selection studies using satellite land cover classifications and telemetry data. Here, the utility of broad land cover ... -
Investigation on anti-proliferative effect of gyrophoric acid from the lichen Umbilicaria muhlenbergii on cancer cells
(2021)Natural products, including primary and secondary metabolites, are small molecules produced by any organism. As important sources of drug components, natural products may be isolated to small fractions with different ... -
Investigation on liquid-liquid dispersion in stirred tanks through experimental approach and computational fluid dynamic (CFD)
(2019)Stirred tanks have a vital role in chemical engineering industries. Among the various applications of stirred tanks, mixing of two immiscible liquid phases is of interest in chemical processes. Mixing of two immiscible ... -
An investigation on the control of gold mineralization in the Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt and surrounding Quetico-Wabigoon subprovince boundary area
(2014-01-22)The Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt is located along the boundary between the Wabigoon and Quetico subprovinces in the Superior province of the Canadian Shield. Historical gold mines and current gold exploration camps ... -
Is orthorexia a security motivated eating behaviour? An examination through cognitive bias and cardiac reactivity to food
(2017)Orthorexia is a rigid style of eating that aims to prevent illness that is characterized by a preference for natural foods was investigated as a biologically driven trait with evolutionary roots in a precautionary system ... -
Is the customer always right? An examination of neoliberal ideology and its influence on parent-teacher interactions
(2019)This study explores how treating education as a private commodity may affect parent-teacher relationships, including the ways that parents perceive they are treated. The effects of neoliberal ideology on education transform ... -
Is wood characteristics mapping an opportunity to optimize the value chain in Northwestern Ontario? a case study considering eastern larch (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch) grown in the Thunder Bay District
(2010)Wood characteristic mapping was considered as a means for optimizing the value chain of northwestern Ontario tree species. A literature review was completed which investigated the relationship of wood morphology to wood ... -
Islam and basic income: exploring faith-based perspectives on a social policy proposal in Ontario
(2025)This thesis explores how Islamic scholars in Ontario view the relationship between Islamic principles and the concepts of basic income. The literature review seems to suggest that there are affinities and tensions between ... -
Isolation and characterization of bioconversion microbes and aerobic conversion of crude glycerol to value-added bioproducts
(2018)Renewable forms of energy are of significant interest in today’s economies. Biofuel is a renewable fuel produced by biological means. Biofuel is very useful because it does not have a finite supply, and it produces fewer ... -
Isolation and characterization of novel cellulase and pectinase producing bacteria
(2015)Cellulases and pectinases are the major cell wall degrading enzymes. The microorganisms producing these enzymes have a wide range of industrial applications. In this research, 17 bacterial isolates from rotting wood ... -
Isolation of arsenite-oxidizing bacteria with plant growth promoting characteristics to enhance phytoremediation of arsenic
(2021)A common strategy for remediation of arsenic is bacterial remediation by oxidation of As(III) to the less toxic As(V). Another widely accepted technique for arsenic remediation is phytoremediation however in highly ... -
Issues and underlying factors relating to the graduation rates of Aboriginal students from mathematics programs
(2014-01-22)The intent of my research was to shed light on the factors that impede Aboriginal students from finding success in their formal mathematical instruction within the Ontario provincial education system. The goal of my research ... -
It is only the beginning: an ethnohistory of mid-twentieth century land tenure in Fort Severn, Ontario
(2014-01-22)This research presents the results of sixteen interviews with Mushkego (Swampy Cree) elders from the community of Fort Severn, Ontario. The interviews focused on commercial and subsistence trapping conducted in the mid-20th ... -
It was neither Confucian nor confusion: dynamics of intercultural sensitivity among East-Asian students at Canadian universities
(2022)International students from Confucian heritage culture countries are often perceived by westerners as having low intercultural communication competence (ICC) (Zhu & Bresnahan, 2018). In popular media and mainstream ... -
"It was your ancestors that put them there and they put them there for you" : exploring Indigenous connection to mazinaabikiniganan as land-based education
(2017)This study explored Indigenous connections to mazinaabikiniganan (more commonly known as rock art or pictographs) and investigated how these sites contribute to land-based education. Focused on the community of Batchewana ... -
It's better than telephone, and it's better than driving to Thunder Bay : clients' perceptions of experiences in participating in a group-based stroke self-management program using videoconference technology
(2010)PURPOSE: Videoconference is used in rural and remote areas to improve access to healthcare, including individual clinical assessments and the delivery of group education. Moving On after Stroke (MOST® ) is a group-based, ... -
Joining hands in hope: an autoethnographical analysis of a non-Indigenous educator engaging in Indigenous pedagogy
(2014-01-22)I am a South African who is now a Canadian, with lived experience in both Indigenous contexts. I use these experiences as a springboard into an autoethnography about me as a non-Indigenous educator, understanding authentic ... -
Key duplicating software using digital image processing
(2011)In order to cut a key duplicate, it is necessary to measure the original key very precisely. There is a great variety in the key measuring devices currently in use; however, they follow the common basic principle of using ... -
Key factors influencing First Nation youth perspectives on forest management and capacity development in northern Ontario, Canada
(2018)First Nation youth often play a central, though indirect, role in Ontario’s forest sector as the beneficiaries of capacity-building arrangements, employment opportunities and cultural-retention initiatives. Correspondingly, ...
