Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009: Recent submissions
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Studies on cultivation, cell wall development, and gene analysis of marine microalgae pleurochrysis carterae and isochrysis zhanjiangensis
(2021)In last decade, the mankind has been intensively facing the climate changes in the whole world, because the demand for fuel and greenhouse gas emissions isincreasing dramatically, especially the amount of carbon dioxide. ... -
From paper to practice: educator understanding and facilitation of self-regulation in the kindergarten classroom
(2021)There is growing concern about the mental health and resilience of today’s students (McCain, Mustard, and Shanker, 2007) and difficulties with self-regulation as part of human development are implicated in educational ... -
Gender, language, and power: exploring elementary teacher candidates’ ideologies and pedagogical approaches
(2021)Using a single-case study design, this research aims to understand the ideologies of preservice teachers pertaining to the equity issues of gender and sexual diversity (GSD). In the US, GLSEN school climate surveys (Kosciw ... -
Sky, ground and in-between: metaphysical belief systems that underpin epistemologies of arts-integrating research
(2021)Arts-integrating research is an increasingly engaged practice in educational inquiry, as well as humanities and social sciences. This research approach offers the opportunity to engage creative sensibilities and techniques ... -
Deep learning based image super resolution
(2021)Image super resolution is one of the most significant computer vision researches aiming to reconstruct high resolution images with realistic details from low resolution images. In the past years, a number of traditional ... -
Exploiting semantic similarity models to automate transfer credit assessment in academic mobility
(2021)Student mobility or academic mobility involves students moving between institutions during their post-secondary education, and one of the challenging tasks in this process is to assess the transfer credits to be offered ... -
Planting the seeds of local food capacity in Northern, Provincial Canada: a case study of community and market gardening initiatives in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan
(2021)This thesis explores the impacts of two gardening initiatives – a community garden and a market garden – in a municipality inhabited mostly by Indigenous people in Northern Saskatchewan. This case study employed an ... -
Shape variation in the talus and medial cuneiform of chimpanzees and bonobos
(2021)Establishing form-function relationships between anatomy and locomotor behaviours in extant taxa provides critical context for interpretations of extinct species. This study used 3D geometric morphometric methods to ... -
Towards designing AI-aided lightweight solutions for key challenges in sensing, communication and computing layers of IoT: smart health use-cases
(2021)The advent of the 5G and Beyond 5G (B5G) communication system, along with the proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), have started to evolve the vision of the smart world into a ... -
Artificial intelligence empowered virtual network function deployment and service function chaining for next-generation networks
(2021)The entire Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is directing towards a high volume of diverse applications. From smart healthcare to smart cities, every ubiquitous digital sector provisions automation for an immersive ... -
Examining adverse childhood experiences in a First Nations treatment-seeking population
(2021)Experiencing adversity during childhood can disrupt typical developmental pathways and consequently affect health outcomes throughout the lifespan (Norman et al., 2012), particularly for Indigenous populations in Canada ... -
Design methodology for Class D ultrasound transducer drivers
(2021)Ultrasound refers to sound waves with frequencies above the upper limit of human hearing. Due to the high frequency, the energy can be concentrated and used for therapeutic applications, such as ultrasound imaging ... -
Medical applications of fluorine-19 and hyperpolarized xenon129 magnetic resonance imaging
(2020)Multinuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is currently under extensive development. Although conventional proton MRI is mostly known as an anatomical medical imaging modality with an excellent soft tissue contrast, ... -
Sulfo-functionalization of lignin and its impact on the stabilization of colloidal systems
(2021)Lignin macromolecules, derived from renewable biomass resources, have gained extensive interest during the past decade as a sustainable substitute for synthetic oil-based materials. The main goal of this dissertation was ... -
Drought effects on soil enzyme activity
(2021)Soil extracellular enzyme activity (EEA) is a strong predictor for soil health. EEA cycle nutrients within terrestrial systems, processing carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous, while also mineralizing and stabilizing gas. ... -
Narcissism predicts facial muscle reactivity during a body comparison threat: the role of personality in shaping affiliative behaviour
(2021)The facial feedback hypothesis suggests that individuals automatically activate facial muscles that are congruent with an expresser’s facial display, which in turn results in a congruent emotional experience within ... -
Impact of physicochemical properties of lignin-based polymers on their flocculation and adsorption performance
(2021)Industrial and municipal effluents contain colloidal charged particles, dissolved salts, heavy metals and other impurities, which may represent varied health risks and must be removed before discharge into the environment. ... -
Male outdoor educators’ understandings of masculinity in practice: a North American case study
(2021)This exploratory, single embedded case study examined male outdoor educators’ understandings of masculinity in the field and how such notions impact their practices. Data were collected via interviews (n = 18), observations ... -
Carboxyalkylated cullulose nanocrystals for novel applications
(2021)Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), rigid rod-like nanoparticles, are derived from cellulose through acid hydrolysis and are considered as emerging nanomaterials according to their beneficial properties and commercial availability. ... -
Interaction of lignin derivatives with polymers, ions and soft surfaces in aqueous systems
(2021)Lignin is one of the most abundant biopolymers on earth which has recently gained considerable attention due to its unique potentials to be used in many applications. Many efforts have been made in improving the compatibility ...
