Theses/Dissertations from 2012
POLYMERIZATION KINETICS OF THERMOSETS WITH AN EPOXIDE-FUNCTIONALIZED POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE, Joseph Khouri
Self-organizing Dynamic Spectrum Management: Novel Scheme for Cognitive Radio Networks., Farhad Khozeimeh
The Geography of Urban Arson in Toronto, Ewa Kielasinska
Optimal Strategy Hand-rank Table for Jacks or Better, Double Bonus, and Joker Wild, John Jungtae Kim
A Scalable Framework for Monte Carlo Simulation Using FPGA-based Hardware Accelerators with Application to SPECT Imaging, Phillip J. Kinsman
Numerical Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Atria Geometries, Aaron T. Kitagawa Mr.
CADMIUM AND CALCIUM TRANSPORT ALONG THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT OF RAINBOW TROUT: MORE THAN “GUT FEELINGS” ON MECHANISMS OF UPTAKE, Joel S. Klinck
ANELASTIC BEHAVIOR AND DIFFRACTION MODELING OF SILICON CARBIDE WHISKER REINFORCED ALUMINA, Juan Kong
TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CYTOCHROME C BIOSENSOR, Jennifer A. Lee
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY ANALYSIS WITH SPECIMENS OF THE UPPER GI TRACT, Michelle L. LePalud
QUASI-STATIC BUBBLE SHAPE ANALYSIS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODELS FOR ADIABATIC AND DIABATIC GROWTH AND DEPARTURE, Frédéric J. Lesage
ESSAYS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND ROBUST ECONOMETRICS, Cong Li
Three Essays On the Economics of Health Human Capital and Health Care, Jinhu Li
Synthesis and switchability study of amidine-containing vinyl monomers and their polymers, Meng Li
INVERSE SAMPLING PROCEDURES TO TEST FOR HOMOGENEITY IN A MULTIVARIATE HYPERGEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION, Jun Liu
MATERIAL DESIGN AND INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS, Ping Liu
Likelihood Inference of Some Cure Rate Models and Applications, Xiaofeng Liu
Procoagulant effects of lung cancer chemotherapy on HUVEC, A549 cells, and monocytes., Zakhar Lysov
The Regulation of Brain Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Neurons: The Modulatory Effects of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Atypical Neuroleptics and Environmental Enrichment, Lindsey E.S. MacGillivray
Problems with Incompressibility in Finite Element Analysis, Kyle Maitland
A Kinematic Control Framework for Asymmetric Semi-autonomous Teleoperation Systems, Pawel Malysz
HUNGER IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONTESTATION IN THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF FOOD SECURITY, Matias E. Margulis
Electroporation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Secretion of Factor IX, Azra Z. Markar
LARGE DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF CAST A356 ALUMINUM ALLOY UNDER UNIAXIAL TENSION, COMPRESSION AND V-BENDING, Mahmoud M. Marzouk
Cyclodextrin-Functionalized Microgels and Injectable Hydrogels for the Delivery of Hydrophobic Drugs, Rabia Mateen
Aspects of metabolism and energy use in aging as impacted by a complex dietary supplement., Sarthak Matravadia
Fables of Regeneration: Modernism, Biopolitics, Reproduction, Evan Mauro
Bayesian Approaches for Synthesising Evidence in Health Technology Assessment, Catherine Elizabeth McCarron
Militarization, Multiculturalism and Mythology: Canadian National Identity in a New Age of Empire, A. L. McCready
The Effects of Depleted Self-Regulation on Skilled Task Performance, Desmond McEwan
Impact of Commensal Intestinal Microbiota on Nervous System Development and Function, Karen-Anne McVey Neufeld PhD
COGNITIVE REMEDIATION IN PATIENTS WITH MOOD DISORDERS: BEHAVIOURAL AND NEURAL CORRELATES, Liesel-Ann C. Meusel
Assessing change in fish habitat and communities in coastal wetlands of Georgian Bay, Jonathan D. Midwood
Understanding the Inhibition of the Alzheimer's Ab peptide by Human Serum Albumin, Julijana Milojevic
Succeeding in Level 1 of a BScN Program: A Grounded Theory Inquiry, Carrie J. Mines
INJURED IMMIGRANT WOMEN WORKERS AND COMPENSATION POLICY, Maria Mercedes S. Morro
Measurement and Modelling of a Free-Space Optical Link and In-Field OFDM Experiment, Ayman Mostafa
Investigation of the interaction of multimerin 1 with components of prothrombinase, in vitro, Zainab A. Motala
Competitive Behaviours In Response To Neighbours Of Two Woodland Plant Species, Guillermo P. Murphy
Extending Service Oriented Architecture Using Generic Service Representatives, Mehran Najafi
Delineating the Role of TCF3 in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Differentiation, Deborah Ng
Origins of Strength and Ductility in Mg-RE Binary Alloys, Kevin R. Noble
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL SYSTEM FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF CANCER STEM CELL PROPERTIES IN BRAIN METASTASES FROM THE LUNG, Sara M. Nolte
The Probabilistic Characterization of Severe Rainstorm Events: Applications of Threshold Analysis, Barry A. Palynchuk
INVESTIGATION OF THE CYTOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF SONIC HEDGEHOG IN CELLULAR AND ANIMAL MODELS OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS, Randy Peterson
Sparse Canonical Correlation Analysis (SCCA): A Comparative Study, Sathish chandra Pichika
TESTING FOR TREATMENT HETEROGENEITY BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES WITHIN A COMPOSITE OUTCOME, Janice M. Pogue
Justification of a nonlinear Schrödinger model for polymers, Dmitry Ponomarev
Detecting Radiation Pressure in Waveguides Using Microelectromechanical Resonators, Christopher R P Pope
Inhibition of the bacterial sialic acid synthase, NeuB, Vladimir Popović
Dendrimer Crosslinked Collagen Gels Modified with Extracellular Matrix Components, Marta A. Princz
PERCEPTIONS OF ONTARIO’S FIRST UPCOMING DRUG INFORMATION SYSTEM (DIS): NARRATING THE STORY OF CONSUMERS, PRESCRIBERS AND DISPENSERS, Hafsa Qureshi
The effect of resistance training on strength development in Prepubescent boys, Jean Ramsay
Surface-Plasmon-Polariton-Waveguide Superluminescent Diode: Design, Modeling and Simulation, Mehdi Ranjbaran
THE MOUNTAINS AND ROCKS ARE FOREVER: LITHICS AND LANDSCAPES OF SKWXWÚ7MESH UXWUMIXW, Rudy Reimer
Design of a Dissolved Oxygen Optical Sensing Device for Cell Growth and Metabolism Monitoring in Bioreactors, Raelyn K. Rosa
Water depth and salinity control of Thecamoebian (testate amoebae) assemblages in Cootes Paradise, Southern Ontario, Canada., Samira Salimi
THE ROLE OF AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE (AMPK) IN MEDIATING RADIATION RESPONSES IN CANCER CELLS, Toran Sanli
Antithrombogenic Biomaterials: Surface Modification with an Antithrombin-Heparin Covalent Complex, Kyla N. Sask
FUEL USE AND METABOLIC ADAPTATIONS TO HIGH ALTITUDE IN SMALL MAMMALS, Marie-Pierre Schippers
A Study of a General One-Dimensional Two-Fluid Critical Flow Model, Carl Schwellnus
Legal Scholarship as a Source of Law, Fábio P. Shecaira
ECOHYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE TO PEATLAND DRAINAGE AND WILDFIRE, James H. Sherwood
Design & Analysis of Microfluidic Systems for Droplet Generation via Flow Focusing & Electrogeneration, Siawash Shinwary Syed
Applying System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP) to Hazard Analysis, Yao Song
STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM, Christopher B. Stone
A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, AGGRESSION, SOCIAL STATUS, AND HORMONES, Shafik A. Sunderani
Filopodial Activity of the Cardioblast Leading Edge in Drosophila, Qanber Raza Syed
Characterization and Modeling of Rubbing Friction in a Motored Four-Cylinder Internal Combustion Engine, Jeffrey R. Sylvester
Development of a Silicon Photomultiplier Based Gamma Camera, Ashley T. Tao
THE EFFECT OF PB, ZN, CU AND NI ON THE EMBRYONIC AND LARVAL STAGES OF S. PURPURATUS, Margaret S. Tellis
Wildfire Impacts on Peatland Ecohydrology, Dan K. Thompson
Determination of 226Ra In Fish Using Liquid Scintillation Analysis, Manuela A. Thompson
An episodic view of priming effects in efficient visual search, David R. Thomson
Intimate Reconciliations: Diasporic Genealogies of War and Genocide in Southeast Asia, Y-Dang Troeung
System xc- Mediated Glutamate Transport Inhibition in Cancer-Induced Bone Pain, Robert G. Ungard
THE UNMET SUPPORTIVE CARE NEEDS OF PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED ADVANCED COLON CANCER, Suganya Vadivelu Mrs.
Synthesis of Silica Shell/Gold Core Nanoparticles and Plasmonic Characterization of the Aggregates, Alan Vanderkooy
Phenomenology of codimension-2 brane worlds: the importance of back-reaction, Leo van Nierop Ph.D.
NANOMATERIALS: FROM INTERFACIAL CHARACTERISTICS TO DEVICE APPLICATIONS, Kewei Wang
Identification and Documentation of Environmental Assumptions for the PACEMAKER System, You Vivien WANG
RNA extraction protocol development for the assay of temporal gene expression in batch-cultured Escherichia coli K-12, Jan Wasniewski
MICROGEL BASED ADHESIVES FOR WET PAPER STRENGTH, QUAN WEN
Characterization of Extended Defects in Heteroepitaxy of GaSb/Si Thin Films with Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy, Steffi Y. Woo
Contributions to Reverse Logistics with Game theoretic Applications, Sandy Huyu Wu
Computational and Geometric Aspects of Linear Optimization, Feng Xie
DEVELOPMENT OF A HYBRID PNEUMATIC-ELECTRIC ACTUATOR, Chen Xing
STOCHASTIC MODELS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TWO-PARAMETER POISSON-DIRICHLET DISTRIBUTION, Fang Xu
Model Based System Consistency Checking Using Event-B, Hao Xu
Equivariant Principal Bundles over the 2-Sphere, EYUP YALCINKAYA
NEW TUNER CHARACTERIZATION AND GAIN COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES FOR ON-WAFER MICROWAVE NOISE MEASUREMENT, Benson Yang
NANOPARTICLE FLOTATION COLLECTORS, Songtao Yang
Justice in a Warming World: Global and Intergenerational Justice and Climate Change, Mazen Zehairi