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
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- 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
The Smart technology to Manage type 2 diabetes and Achieve health goals through Record keeping and Tailored feedback (SMART) Study, Jody C. Schuurman
Transition of Newcomer Youth in Ontario Educational Policies: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Cameron Scott
Concrete Bridge Girders with Exposed Flexural Reinforcement, Trevor K. Scott
Family Structure and Children's Socioeconomic Attainment in the Transition to Adulthood, Jamie Seabrook
Socialization of Depressive Symptoms in Pre- and Early Adolescent Peer Cliques, Suzanne L. Seah
The Applicability of Co-Operative Federalism: Lessons Learned from the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, David A.M. Seccareccia
Mechanism of Ascorbate Protection Against Sepsis-Induced Capillary Blood Flow Impairment, Dan Secor
The Role of Corporate Controls, Size, and Corporate Headquarters in the Effect of Corporate-Level Strategy on Business-Level Strategy and Business-Level Performance, S. A. Pouya Seifzadeh
Design and Optimization of Efficient Wireless Power Transfer Links for Implantable Biotelemetry Systems, Shawon Senjuti
Return to Work After Retirement: Contributing Factors and Health Implications, Jason Settels
On degeneracies in the family of fibres of a complex analytic mapping, Hadi Seyedinejad
What Shapes Family Physicians' Patterns of Care for Community Patients at End of Life?, Joshua D. Shadd
Short term sensory and vascular responses to physical agent modalities and exercise in healthy volunteers and patients with distal radius fracture., Shaguftha Shaik
A Multispectral Assessment of Complex Impact Craters on the Lunar Farside, Bhairavi Shankar
Pharmaceutical Process Modeling, Optimization, and Control, Ehsan Sheikholeslamzadeh
On the Interoperability of Programming Languages based on the Fork-Join Parallelism Model, Sushek Shekar
Polynomially Adjusted Saddlepoint Density Approximations, Susan Zhe Sheng
An Access Control Model for NoSQL Databases, Motahera Shermin
Interpretation, Stratification and Validation of Sequence Variants Affecting mRNA Splicing in Complete Human Genome Sequences, Ben C. Shirley
New Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Martian Meteorites: Implications for Habitability and Astrobiological Exploration of Mars, Jared N. Shivak
A New Diagnostic Test for Regression, Yun Shi
In the House of Transformation: Language Revitalization, State Regulation, and Indigenous Identity in Urban Amazonia, Sarah A. Shulist
The biogeochemical cycling of gold under surface and near-surface environmental conditions, Jeremiah P. Shuster
Simulation of Mobility and Retention of Selected Engineered Nanoparticles Beneath Landfills, Shumsun N. Siddique
Production of Lignin-Based Phenolic Resins Using De-Polymerized Kraft Lignin and Process Optimization, Homaira Siddiqui
Preposterous America: The Language of Inversion in Thoreau, Melville, and Hawthorne, Rasmus R. Simonsen
Aging and Stabilization of Pyrolitic Bio-Oils and Model Compounds, A. G. Manjula Taranganie Siriwardhana
British-Romanian Relations during the Cold War, Mihaela Sitariu
Investigating the functional significance of evolutionarily conserved protein motifs of the Drosophila melanogaster HOX protein, Sex combs reduced, Lovesha Sivanantharajah
A six week modified sprint interval training program incorporating extended exercise bouts does not increase maximal cardiac output, Alan R. Smith
Children At-Risk For Hearing Impairment: A Retrospective Study Of The Ontario Infant Hearing Program Population, Katherine M. Smith
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Early Life Programming of the Liver, Gurjeev Sohi
The Trentonian (Late Ordovician) brachiopod fauna of Ontario: Evolution through a global warming event, Akbar Sohrabi Hashjin
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of New Biodegradable Polymers and Nanoscale Assemblies for Drug Delivery, Rasoul Soleimani
The Chromatin Remodeling Protein ATRX in Development and Maintenance of Mouse Skeletal Tissues, Lauren A. Solomon
Barriers to Education in Homeless Youth, Michelle S. Solomon
Effect of Congenital Versus Acquired Varus on Patient-Reported Outcomes After High Tibial Osteotomy, Sherelle T. Solomon
Iron-Regulated Cyanobacterial Predominance and Siderophore Production in Oligotrophic Freshwater Lakes, Ryan J. Sorichetti
On Sensorless Collision Detection and Measurement of External Forces in Presence of Modeling Inaccuracies, Vahid Sotoudehnejad
Investigation of Discharge Behaviour From a Sharp-Edged Circular Orifice in Both Weir and Orifice Flow Regimes Using an Unsteady Experimental Procedure, Phil R. Spencer
Regional Organization and the Dynamics of Inter-Municipal Cooperation, Zachary Spicer
Justice, Rights, and Capabilities, Jeffrey E. Spring
Restoring Humanity to Humanitarian Law: Borrowing from Environmental Law to Protect Civilians and the Environment, Kirsten MD Stefanik
Cycloaddition Chemistry for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds and Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Grandilodine A, Andrew C. Stevens
Electrochemical Evaluation of Ionic Liquids for Biphasic Extraction of Metal Ions Common to Spent Nuclear Fuel, Thomas J. Stockmann
The Error Protection Impact of Inhibitory After-effects in Location-based Tasks and Their Preservation with Practice, Alexandra Lynn Stoddart
Elongation factor 1A-1 and hepatocyte response to fatty acid excess, Alexandra M. Stoianov
Associations Between Heart Rate Variability and Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors, Melanie I. Stuckey
Electroacoustic and Behavioural Evaluation of Hearing Aid Digital Signal Processing Features, David J O Suelzle
Potential for Measurement of Mesospheric Ozone Density from Overdense Meteor Trains with a Monostatic Meteor Radar, Reynold E. Sukara
The role of metallothionein in zinc homeostasis, Kelly L. Summers
If I Had a Hammer: An Archeology of Tactical Media From the Hootenanny to the People's Microphone, Henry Adam Svec
Electrochemiluminescence of Thienyltriazoles, Iridium Complexes, Au25 Clusters and PbS Nanoparticles, Kalen N. Swanick
An Evaluation of the Frankfort Mandibular Plane Angle Bisector (FMAB) Wits Appraisal in the Assessment of Anteroposterior Jaw Relationships, Natalie Swoboda
Stable Isotope Ecology and Human-Animal Interactions in Northern Peru, Paul Szpak
Identification of the Salivary Proteome in Children Throughout the Course of Dental Eruption, Nada Tabbara
'Subbed-Titles': Hollywood, the Art House Market and the Best Foreign Language Film Category at the Oscars, Kyle W. J. Tabbernor
Investigating the High Attrition Rate of Boys in Iranian Schools: A Case Study of Key Stakeholders’ Perspectives, Sirous Tabrizi
Policy-Based Immunization Framework for MANET, Arash Tajalli-Yazdi
Characterizing the role of the Retinoblastoma protein LXCXE binding cleft in cellular senescence and tumor suppression, Srikanth Talluri
Color Separation for Image Segmentation, Meng Tang
Image quality of energy-dependent approaches for x-ray angiography, Jesse Evan Tanguay
Self-cleaning Polyurethane and Polyester Coatings, Yixing Tang
Reflecting on Multimodal Pedagogy: An autoethnographic narrative of the inclusion of art across the elementary classroom curriculum, Jessica S. Taylor Charland
Flying Fish in the Great White North: The "Culture" of Black Barbadian Migration to 1967, Christopher Stuart Taylor
Risk Factors for Diabetes Mellitus: a Comparative Analysis of Subpopulation Differences in a Large Canadian Sample, Michael James Taylor
The Porous Boundary Between Legal and Business Advice, An Empirical Approach, Amy M. ter Haar
Web-based Simulation and Training Environment for Laparoscopic Camera Calibration, Kartik Thakore
Highway Tolls in Brazil and the Lawfulness Principle, Fabio C. Theophilo
Transcriptional Regulation by the Oncogenic ZNF217/CoREST Complex, Gobi Thillainadesan
Metabolic Imaging of Early Radiation-Induced Lung Injury Using Hyperpolarized 13C-Pyruvate in Rodent Lungs, Kundan Thind
Risk of kidney stones in living kidney donors: A matched cohort study, Sonia Thomas
Victims’ Opportunities to Review a Decision not to Prosecute made by the Crown Prosecutor, Li Tian
New Venture Creation Mode: Differences Between Nascent Intrapreneurs and Nascent Entrepreneurs, Matthias A. Tietz
Continuity of Care in Children’s Mental Health: Development of a Measure, Juliana I. Tobon
Systematic Analysis of Residues in Conserved Region 3 of the Human Papillomavirus 16 E7 Oncoprotein, Biljana Todorovic
The Role of PU.1 and Spi-B in B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Shereen Turkistany
Butyl Rubber-Aliphatic Polyester Graft Copolymers for Biomedical Applications: Synthesis and Analysis of Chemical, Physical and Biological Properties, Bethany A. Turowec
Investigating the interplay between protein kinases and caspases, Jacob P. Turowec
Reduced Order Estimation of Time Varying Wireless Channels in Real Life Scattering Environment, Elena Uchiteleva
De la pratique intertextuelle dans l’œuvre romanesque d’Alain Mabanckou, Servilien Ukize
Vascular Segmentation Algorithms for Generating 3D Atherosclerotic Measurements, Eranga Ukwatta
Overwintering diet quality and timing of initiation of breeding in the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), Lindsey Valliant
The Effect Of Testosterone On The Spring Migratory Phenotype Of A North American Songbird (Zonotrichia albicollis), Caitlin L. Vandermeer
Symplectomorphism Groups of Weighted Projective Spaces and Related Embedding Spaces, Martin L. VanHoof
Soil freezing effects on a grass-dominated old field ecosystem under current and future rates of atmospheric nitrogen deposition, Mat Vankoughnett
Persistence and Anti-persistence: Theory and Software, Justin Quinn Veenstra
Newcomer Expectations and Experiences: An Evaluation of English Conversation Circles in London, Ontario, Lisa Veldman
A Study of Faunal Consumption at the Gallinazo Group Site, Northern Coast of Peru, Claire Venet-Rogers
Cultivating change: Aspirations, realities and limits of community gardens in Windsor, Ontario, Brian Edward Venne
Factors Responsible for Work-Life Conflict: A Study Comparing the Teaching and Legal Professions, Waleska A. Vernon
A comparative analysis of the implementation of Education for All (EFA) policies in two countries: Barbados and the Republic of Ghana, Carolyne Verret
Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Lipase, Vithooshan Vijayakumaran
Life Beyond Politics: Toward the Notion of the Unpolitical, Inna Viriasova
Cortical Representation Underlying the Semantic Processing of Numerical Symbols: Evidence from Adult and Developmental Studies, Stephan Erich Vogel
The Role of the Liver X Receptor (LXR) in the Fetal Programming of Hepatic Gluconeogenesis, (Peter) Thin X. Vo