Welcome to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies' Electronic Theses & Dissertation site. These pages are dedicated to help you find all the information you might require in order to format and successfully submit your graduate thesis for examination and publication electronically.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) are prepared as text-based PDF files. ETDs can contain non-text elements such as sound, video, and hypertext links. ETDs are available through Scholarship@Western, Western's digital library repository, and also released to the world-wide web with priority in many search engines, enabling scholars worldwide to locate, search, and download the University of Western Ontario's ETDs.
The most significant benefit is the dramatic increase (50-250%) in citation impact that results from electronic publishing. This leads to increased rewards from universities, in the form of promotion and increased salary, and from granting agencies.
Other benefits include:
- publicity for research - authors of electronic theses become more widely known and their reputations are enhanced
- easy worldwide access to your theses for colleagues and collaborators
- easy worldwide access to theses for job and grant applications
- a raised profile for research institutions
- reduced costs at the point of graduation since there is no need to have multiple copies printed.
For an overview of the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation process at The University of Western Ontario, please refer to any area from our site dedicated to supporting ETD at Western:
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
What is the scope of competition law in the UAE? - A comparative study with developed and developing nations, Alisha Ansari
Delta Relaxation Enhanced Magnetic Resonance - Development and Application of a Field-Cycling Contrast Mechanism, Yonathan Araya
The Hippocampus Participates in a Pharmacological Rat Model of Absence Seizures, Justin Andrew Arcaro
What Canada Read/Red: A Content Media Analysis of the Montreal Olympic Games and the Soviet Union as Reported in the Montreal Gazette and The Globe and Mail, Joshua F. Archer
A Dual-Rate Model Predictive Controller for Fieldbus Based Distributed Control Systems, Mohammad Arif Hossain
Ancient DNA in Archaeologically Charred Zea Mays L: Prospects and Limitations, Chelsey Geralda Denise Armstrong
Tough But Fair: The Moderating Effects of Target Status on the Relation Between Social Dominance Orientation and Fairness, Joel Armstrong
A Pilot Study To Investigate Concerns In Patients Undergoing Neck Dissection Surgery, Daniel Sundar Raj Arulananda Doss
Robotics-Assisted Needle Steering for Percutaneous Interventions: Modeling and Experiments, Ali Asadian
Role of iNOS in septic pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell activation, Zahra Asad
A Comprehensive Study of Cd(II) Removal from Aqueous Solution via Adsorption and Solar Photocatalysis, Samindika Athapaththu
A system dynamics approach to water resources and food production in the Gambia, Jordan T. Atherton
Traumatic Injury in vitro Elicits JNK-mediated Human Astrocyte Retraction, but Spares Cerebrovascular Endothelial Cells, Claudia Augustine
Thermal adaptation of life history traits in the Drosophila melanogaster group, Christopher James Austin
Variability in Characteristics of Ground Motions Across North America, Alireza Babaie Mahani
Ratio-based Edge Detection Inspired Speckle Reducing Anisotropic Diffusion, Asaduzzaman Babu
An Exploration of the Relationships between Markers of Social Status and Position and HIV Risk Behaviours in African, Caribbean, and Other Black Populations, Shamara M. Baidoobonso
The atmospheric chemistry of magnetic Bp stars, Jeffrey D. Bailey
Core Formation in Partially Ionized Magnetic Molecular Clouds, Nicole D. Bailey
Somatosensory stimulation modulates heart rate variability changes induced by isometric handgrip exercise, Jacquie Baker
The Ontario Leadership Framework and Leadership Interactions in a Sustained Working Group in Ontario Education, Daniel Ballantyne
Circadian rhythms in reward and underlying neural circuits, Ricardo M. Baltazar
Resolving the Genetic Etiology of Hypercholesterolemia in Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Mary A. Bamimore
Enunciation and Plurilingualism in the Francophone and Anglophone African Novel, Ndeye F. Ba
Process-Structure Relationships of Magnesium Alloys, Arindam Banerjee
Precast Deck Joints using FRP and Ultra-High Performance Concrete, Augustine K. Banson
Effects of Additive Modification on Flow Properties of Fine Coating Particles, Danni Bao
Numerical Evaluation of Community-Scale Aquifer Storage, Transfer and Recovery Technology, Jessica Barker
Spanish and Polish Heritage Speakers in Canada: The Overt Pronoun Constraint, Ewelina Barski
Neural circuits involved in mental arithmetic: Evidence from Customized Arithmetic Training, Christian Battista
Investigation of Auditory Encoding and the Use of Auditory Feedback During Speech Production, Laura E. Beamish
De-Essentializing the Past: Deconstructing Colonial Categories in 19th-Century Ontario, Matthew A. Beaudoin
Energy Intake Over Two Days is Unaffected by Acute Spring Interval Exercise Despite Increased Appetite and Energy Expenditure, Kristine Beaulieu
Essays on Mechanism Design and the Informed Principal Problem, Nicholas C. Bedard
Treatment of Aqueous Biomass and Waste via Supercritical Water Gasification for the Production of CH4 and H2, Izad Behnia
A Defence of Anti-Psychologism About Reasons, Alex Beldan
Investigating Immersive Augmented Reality as a Rehabilitation Tool for Parkinson disease, Danielle M. Bell Boucher
The role of IL-22 produced by Th17 cells in Type 1 Diabetes, Stacey M. Bellemore
Exploring Attachment and the Transition to Motherhood for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Laura E. Bellhouse
Origins of stable isotopic variations in Late Pleistocene horse enamel and bone from Alberta, Nicolle S. Bellissimo
Skin Diseases and Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss Linked to Cx30 Mutations Arise Through Several Distinct Mechanisms, Amy C. Berger
Development and Applications of a Novel Intermittent Solids Feeder for Pyrolysis Reactors, Federico M. Berruti
InterNAV3D: A Navigation Tool for Robot-Assisted Needle-Based Intervention for the Lung, Srikanth Bhattad
Reassembling Knowledge Translation Through a Case of Autism Genomics: Multiplicity and Coordination Amidst Practiced Actor-Networks, Julia J. Bickford
Approaches Toward Combining Positron Emission Tomography with Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Geron A. Bindseil
Aristotle on the Good of Friendship: Why the Beneficiary is Not What Matters, Kristina L. Biniek
An Ethical Justification for Research with Children, Ariella Binik
Distinguishing the 'Vanguard' from the 'Insipid': Exploring the Valorization of Mainstream Popular Music in Online Indie Music Criticism, Charles J. Blazevic
"Oh, so we're not insured?": Exploring the impact of Ontario's Health Insurance Plan on new permanent residents and healthcare providers, Andrea Bobadilla
ER stress coupled pannexin channel activation via STIM proteins, Ankur Bodalia
Effects of Excitation Pressure on Variegation and Global Gene Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana, Rainer Bode
Secular Trends in Ischemic Stroke Subtypes, Chrysi Bogiatzi
Regulation of Lipid Homeostasis, Inflammatory Signalling and Atherosclerosis by the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Delta, Lazar A. Bojic
A Baseline Assessment of University Students’ Vitamin D Knowledge, Shaunessey Boland
Transforming growth factor-beta receptor signalling is modulated by integrin-linked kinase, Stellar H. Boo
Nurses’ Learning and Conceptualization of Technology used in Practice, Richard G. Booth
Measuring the sixth vital sign: A descriptive analysis of distress in individuals with head and neck cancer and their caregivers, Catherine C. Bornbaum
Mitigating Risk Factors for Disease Progression in Patients with Varus Gonarthrosis, Angelo Boulougouris
The Social Life of Metaphor, Andrea Bowes
Multimodal Noncontact Tracking of Surgical Instruments, Tara Bracken
The Plastic and Evolutionary Responses of Fish to Anthropogenic Stressors, Ross D. Breckels
Assessing Multi-Unit Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity Across Groups: A Multivariate Approach to a Multivariate Concept, Danielle N. Brewer
The Legacy of Military Necessity in Italy: War and Memory in Cassino and Monte Sole, Cynthia D. Brown
Academic Achievement of Children and Adolescents with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder with In-Depth Focus on Written Expression, Heather M. Brown
Following the Turn: Mapping as Material Art Practice, Kyla Christine Brown
Statistical analysis of nonmetric cranial trait interactions in a skeletal population sample from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, Lisa C. Brown
Examining the Shift in Occupational Identity after a Brain Injury, Mikelle Bryson-Campbell
New Graduate Nurses' Structural Empowerment and Their Experience of Co-worker Incivility and Burnout, Pamela Bushell
Carbon Nitride and Conjugated Polymer Composite Materials, Josh Byers
Music, Cinema and the Representation of Africa, Natasha Callender
Exploring accuracy in journalism stories reporting on neuroscience research findings: A comparative case study, Andrea M. Campbell-Davison
Subcellular Analysis of the Disulfide Proteome in p66Shc expressing Nerve Cells, Tyler Cann
Investigating the Effects of Custom Made Orthotics on Brain Forms: A Pilot Study, Lindsay Carey
Examining Risk: Profiles of Adult Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence, Carolyn Carrier
Essays on Worker Promotion and Wage Growth, Hugh Cassidy
Beyond the Suffering of Being: Desire in Giacomo Leopardi and Samuel Beckett, Roberta Cauchi-Santoro
Gold mining in Guatemala: community health and resistance amidst violence, C. Susana Caxaj
New Technology and Techniques for Needle-Based Magnetic Resonance Image-Guided Prostate Focal Therapy, Jeremy Cepek
Effects of Prenatal Testosterone on the Reproductive and Metabolic Neurons of the Sheep Hypothalamus, Maria Cernea
Community Integration After In-Patient Rehabilitation for Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Pilot Study, Chandni Chadha
Molecular and Genetic Analysis of a Conserved Transcription Factor with a Role in Promoting the Completion of Cytokinesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Bidhan Chakraborty
The Effective Dose of Different Scanning Protocols Using the Sirona Galileos® Comfort CBCT Scanner, David R. Chambers
La variation linguistique dans les blogues journalistiques québécois, Louise Chaput
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of Substituted Pyrrolocytidines, McKenry Charles
Study on the surface chemistry behavior of pyrochlore during froth flotation, Saeed Chehreh Chelgani
Targeted siRNA Delivery Methods for RNAi-Based Therapies, Di Chen
Carbon-nZVI nanocomposites for dechlorination of halogenated hydrocarbons, Jing Cheng
Developing Electrochemical Biosensors for Point-of-care Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Biomarkers, Yang Cheng
Contribution of TRPM2 to Memory Loss in an Alzheimer's Mouse Model, Megan M. Chen
Pricing and Hedging Index Options with a Dominant Constituent Stock, Helen Cheyne
Anonymous: Polemics and Non-identity, Samuel Chiang
Fluorescent Cytidine Analogues, Kirby J. Chicas
Assessing the Impact of Nutritional Education on Gender Roles and Child Care in Northern Malawi, Emmanuel Chilanga
Does incremental training improve motor learning?, Alvin Chin
Electromechanical Delay of the Dorsiflexors in Young and Old Women, In H. Choi
Application of Computer Algebra in List Decoding, Muhammad Foizul Islam Chowdhury
Application of Mixed Iron Oxides in Subsurface Remediation Technologies, Saidur Rahman Chowdhury
A Model to Reduce The Proportion of Inappropriate Referrals to Surgery for Patients With Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Study, Laura K. Churchill
The Role of Morphology in Diet and Flower Visitation by Five Species of Cuban Flower-Visiting Bats, Lindsey Clairmont