Anishinabeg are not strangers to photography. Like many Indigenous communities in North America and elsewhere, Anishinabeg have a history of being pictured by governments, artists, and researchers working within the confines ...

In this thesis, the neural network, a powerful tool which has demonstrated its ability in many fields, is studied for the indoor localization system and channel prediction system. This thesis first proposes a received ...

In response to early technologies of seeing, hearing, and moving at the turn of the twentieth century, modernist authors, poets, and artists experimented with forms of textual production enmeshed in mechanical technologies ...

The Peel Watershed Planning Process began in the Yukon and Northwest Territories in 2004. This thesis describes the Peel Watershed Planning Commission and the main interests influencing the planning process. I explore the ...

There is concern that growing forest plantations in close rotation may adversely impact the rate of litter decomposition and thus soil productivity. The impact of conifer monocultures of Sitka spruce- Picea sitchensis ...

The fast-paced growth in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidic fabrication, porous media applications, biomedical assemblies, space propulsion, and vacuum technology demands accurate and practical transport ...

Adverse weather has a direct effect on traffic congestion and the time delay on roads. Weather conditions today are changing rapidly and are more likely to have a severe effect on traffic in the future. Although different ...

This multi-case study examined the experiences of five former students who attended madrasas in Mali between 1980 and 2009. These students were university graduates and worked in Bamako, Mali, at the time of data collection. ...

This thesis explores finite-size effects on the spin-wave excitations of one-dimensional ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic systems. Specifically, it presents a theoretical study of the scattering function, the physical ...

The use of magnetometers combined with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is an emerging market for commercial and military applications. This study presents the methodology used to magnetically characterize a novel fixed-wing ...