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(2015-12-23)New complex silicon-containing molecules were made by B(C6F5)3-catalyzed hydrosilation, dehydrocoupling, and dealkylative coupling reactions starting from Si-H reagents. The scope of reactions starting from disilane was ...
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(2013-08-27)This work seeks to recover the critical spirit of conservatism and re-emphasize its goal of stability and resilience in society. I will argue that we should strive to view ourselves as deeply dependent and persistently ...
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(2010-04-12)There are various kinds of noise that affects DNA array data and it is a challenge to obtain high quality data from an experiment. Background correction is a first step for DNA array data processing; however, current methods ...
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(2012-12-24)The goal of the research of this Dissertation is using actuation redundancy to reduce backlash in parallel manipulators (PMs.) Initially, 3-RRR and 3-RPR PM layouts where 3 is the number of branches, R is a revolute joint ...
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(2006-02-10)Surface water is used for drinking by many people around the world. E. coli is the most frequently used bacterial indicator used for assessing water quality. The survival, sources, and concentrations of E. coli were ...
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(2010-08-10)Testing every possible combination of the input parameter values is often impractical, inefficient or too expensive. One common alternative is pairwise testing where every pairwise combination of the parameter values is ...
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(2011-12-23)The performance of communication and storage systems can be improved if the data being sent or stored has certain patterns and structure. In particular, some benefit if the frequency of the symbols is balanced. This ...
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(2013-08-19)Women who experience homelessness are faced with a myriad of challenges and struggles. Compared to women with housing, they endure higher than average rates of physical illness, mental health challenges, and substance ...
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(2011-09-08)This dissertation reports on the findings of a single, embedded, interpretive case study centered on nine teachers, supportt staff and administrators in a small, fledgling, faith-baised, independent school in a major city ...
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(2018-08-03)During the First World War, some Canadian women found themselves in new and unfamiliar environments, doing jobs apparently unavailable to them before the war. Many of those women were successful in the new opportunities ...
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(2013-04-24)My reading of the figure of Adele, a woman with dementia, in David Chariandy’s novel Soucouyant: A Novel of Forgetting (2007), brings Giorgio Agamben’s biopolitical concept of “bare life” together with the notion of the ...
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(2013-04-12)This study compared the effects on children of two schoolgrounds chosen for maximum variability of vegetation, one richly biodiverse and the other relatively barren. A total of 349 children in grades one through seven ...
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(2009-12-19)The objective of this thesis is to explore the factors that enhance collaboration in the interdisciplinary environment of front-line addiction and mental health care. This research will explore these factors by posing the ...
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(2011-12-13)Many older adults experience complications related to hospitalization. The most prevalent of complications is delirium which often goes undetected and untreated and results in increased morbidity and mortality. Nurses ...
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(2013-01-21)This thesis explores the barriers to mental health care that new, racialized Canadians may face. Using a case study methodology, this project first reviews the literature on identified barriers to care. Several barriers ...
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(2019-03-13)First, the baryonic content of simulated halos of virial masses between 5 x 10^{9} M_{\odot}$ to 5 x 10^{12} M_{\odot}$ in the APOSTLE project is examined in the context of the missing baryon problem. Baryonic particles ...
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(2014-05-21)Developing critical loads for nitrogen (N) in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) requires an understanding of the hydrological connectivity and potential for N transport among uplands, fens and bogs typical in the ...
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(2013-12-11)This dissertation identified key parallels between the theories of place attachment and interpersonal attachment, a comparison that then informed three objectives of the research program: (1) to explore the functions of ...
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(2012-07-04)Online social media, such as news websites and community question answering (CQA) portals, have made useful information accessible to more people. However, many of online comment areas and communities are flooded with ...
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