Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Social connectedness and self-perceived mental health in Canadian transitional aged youth, Romaisa Pervez
Characterizing a Novel Mobile Game Battery Assessment: A Comparison of Performance-Based and Survey-Based Executive Functioning Instruments, Josephine A. Pham
Reinforcement learning in large, structured action spaces: A simulation study of decision support for spinal cord injury rehabilitation, Nathan Phelps
Trauma and Violence-Informed Care: Evaluating the Impact on Teacher Candidate Attitudes and Intended Responses Towards Problem Behaviour of Students Affected by Trauma, Michelle M. Philippe
Can Community Gardens Improve Food Banks and Food Centers? Lessons from two Southwestern Ontario cases, Sydney Phillips
Experiencing rural household food insecurity: A broad examination and regional example, Angela Piaskoski
Gestational Weight Gain - Its Importance To Pregnant Women And Their Children, Helena Piccinini-Vallis
The effect of mTOR inhibitor rapamycin on a dietary Drosophila melanogaster model of calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis, Michael T. Pignanelli
The Role of Dark Personalities in Intimate Partner Violence, Rachel A. Plouffe
A Hybrid PET/MRI Brain Connectivity Approach for Improving Epilepsy Surgical Evaluation, Stefan E. Poirier
Safeguarding the Principle of Non-Refoulement in Europe: Counteracting Containment Policies in the Common European Asylum System, Jenny Hiu Kwan Poon
Effiicient Computation of Maximal Exact Matches Between Genomic Sequences, Valeria Leticia Portes de Cerqueira Cesar
Correlations in movement behaviour over large and small geographic scales in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia), Christopher D. Posliff
The relationship between visible gold and arsenopyrite at the Orenada Zone 4 deposit, Val d'Or, Quebec, Cassandra Powell
A New Approach for Homomorphic Encryption with Secure Function Evaluation on Genomic Data, Mounika Pratapa
Investigating Humor Processing in Parkinson's Disease, Margaret T.M. Prenger
A 3D Microvessel Model for the Study of Endothelial Cell Transluminal Pillar Formation, Emma Kate Prescott
Religion in Modern Sports Fanaticism: From Classical Antiquity to Online Sports Forums, Matthew Prokopiw
Stewart v. Elk Valley Coal Corp.: The Rehabilitation of Addiction Disability Law in Canada, Nadia Pronych
Structure-Function Relationships in the Brain: Applications in Neurosurgery, Daiana-Roxana Pur
Mitochondrial Permeability Regulates Cardiac Graft Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury and Allograft Rejection, Adnan Qamar
Tissue Sodium in CKD Patients, Elena Qirjazi
Telling Stories: Intersections of Paralympic Bodies with High-Performance Sport, Nancy H. Quinn
Hybrid Symbolic-Numeric Computing in Linear and Polynomial Algebra, Leili Rafiee Sevyeri
Identifying External Cross-references using Natural Language Processing (NLP), Elham Rahmani
Ultrasonic Techniques for Characterizations of Oils and Their Emulsions and Monitoring Oil Layer Depth of Spill, Kanu Raigan
Fabricating Cu2ZnSnS4, Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 and CuIn(S,Se)2 light-absorbing thin films for low-cost solar devices., Vaishnavi Raja
Experimental and Numerical Study of Precast Concrete Pipe with Single Elliptical Steel Cage Reinforcement, Abdullah Samir Ramadan
Machine Learning with Digital Signal Processing for Rapid and Accurate Alignment-Free Genome Analysis: From Methodological Design to a Covid-19 Case Study, Gurjit Singh Randhawa
Network Impact Modeling and Analysis: A QoS Perspective, Tarandeep K. Randhawa
The Effect of Joint Alignment After a Wrist Injury on Joint Mechanics and Osteoarthritis Development, Puneet Kaur Ranota
Sustainable Smouldering for Waste-to-Energy: Scale, Heat Losses, and Energy Efficiency, Tarek L. Rashwan
Utilization of Healthcare by Immigrants in Canada: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey, Nisanthini Ravichandiran
Understanding the Role of Polyamine N-Acetyltransferase in the Fission Yeast Response to Perturbation of the Cytokinetic Machinery, Mythili Ravishankar
The Conceptual Metaphor False Memory Effect, Jeffrey N. Reid
The Vine That Ate The North? Northern Reactions to Kudzu, 1876-2009, Kenneth Reilly
The Impact of Levodopa Administration on Learning from Short-term and Long-term Action Consequences: a Paradigm Validation., Masood Rezaei
Le discours du voile dans l'écriture francophone du monde arabe, Elmira Rezanavaz
The Effects of Maternal Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol Exposure on Fetal Heart Development in Mice, Gregory Robinson
Development and Validation of Tools for Improving Intraoperative Implant Assessment with Ultrasound during Gynaecological Brachytherapy, Jessica Robin Rodgers
India’s Right to Education Act: Parents’ perceptions on involvement in private schools and school responsiveness, Namarpreet K. Rodrigo
Mitogen Inducible Gene-6 in Joint Health and Osteoarthritis, Melina Rodrigues Bellini
The Prevalence of Multimorbidity among People with Non-Affective Psychotic Disorders 10-Years After First Diagnosis, Myanca D. Rodrigues
Evidence of an Antigen Presenting Cell Phenotype in Granular Cell Tumours, Benjamin J W A Rogala
La voz de Violeta Parra: una aproximación a las voces como materialización del vínculo entre cuerpo, identidad y cultura, Martha L. Rojas Castaneda
Improving international teacher retention in São Paulo international schools: what can leaders do?, Christiaan Rombaut
Characterizing the Value and Effect of Perceptiveness in Various Game-Theoretic Settings, Terrence Adam Rooney
Thyroxine-Dependent and -Independent Effects on Premature Aging and Myelination in ATRX Mutant Mice, Megan E. Rowland
Seniors, French, and Conversation Groups: An Investigation Into Seniors Who Pursue French As A Leisure Activity, Alan D. Russette
Structural Performance of Ordinary and Laminated Glass during Fire Exposure, Amer Sabsabi
Efficient Hardware Architectures For Public-key Cryptosystems, Mohammadamin Saburruhmonfared
Novel Estimation and Detection Techniques for 5G Networks, Anas Saci
Hargraves Crater Ejecta and Implications for Impact Processes, Leah E. Sacks
Geometry optimization of building-integrated photovoltaic sunshade, Seyedsoroush Sadatifar
Essays on Criminal Behaviour, Human Capital Formation, and Mental Health, Diego F. Salazar
The Practice of Local Policymaking: Understanding Decision Maker Roles and Agency in Local Implementation Contexts, Katherine L. Salter
In-hospital Outcomes Following Left Atrial Appendage Closure, Shubrandu S. Sanjoy
Analysis of Oxidatively Damaged Proteins by Mass Spectrometry, Vincent Saullo
Characterizing the diversity of the eukaryotic microbiome in marine crustacean zooplankton., Rose-Lynne Savage
A Commentary on the first 118 lines of John of Garland's Integumenta Ovidii, Garett Schoffro
Locally Persistent Categories And Metric Properties Of Interleaving Distances, Luis N. Scoccola
Evaluating the Process of Involving Affected Community Members in Service Delivery and Design: A Deliberative Dialogue Case Study, Tiffany N. Scurr
Ongoing Information and Support Needs of Parents of Children with Epilepsy, Mary C. Secco
An Examination of Child and Youth Mental Health Service Urgency in Ontario, Valbona Semovski
Network Resource and Performance Optimization in Autonomous Systems: A Connected Vehicles and Autonomous Networks Perspective, Ibrahim Shaer
Hybrid Optical System for Studying the Dynamic Regulation of Blood Flow/Metabolism in the Adult Brain, Marwan Shahid
Cascade Failure of Transmission Lines under Downbursts, Ahmed Shehata
Wave Propagation in Viscoelastic Dielectric Elastomer Media, Mohammad Mahdi Sheikh Bagher Mohajer
Discrimination of Leucine and Isoleucine in De Novo peptide sequencing using deep neural networks, Bingran Shen
Classification-based method for estimating dynamic treatment regimes, Junwei Shen
Kindness as an Intervention for Student Social Interaction Anxiety, Resilience, Affect, and Mood: The KISS of Kindness Study II, Katie J. Shillington
Nonlinear Dynamics of Carbon Steel Corrosion under Gamma Radiation, Youn Gyeong Shin
Simulation of Operational Extreme Wind Conditions for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines Based on IEC Standard, Kamran Shirzadeh Ajirlo
Oculomotor Task-Switching Performance Improves and Persists Following a Single Bout of Aerobic Exercise, Diksha Shukla
An Information—Motivation—Behavioural Skills Model of Sexual Consent, Erin J. Shumlich
Information, Employment, and Settlement of Immigrants: Exploring the Role of Information Behaviour in the Settlement of Bangladesh Immigrants in Canada, Nafiz Zaman Shuva
Sounding Unsettlement: Rethinking Settler States of Mind and Re(-)cognition through Scenes of Cross-Cultural Listening, Ryan Ben Shuvera
Synergistic effects of Non Contact Induction Heating & Antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm, Rajeshwar Singh Sidhu
Lateral Subvastus Lateralis Versus Medial Parapatellar Approach for Total Knee Arthroplasty, Sahil Prabhnoor S. Sidhu
Evolution and Flow of Vapors in a Fluidized Bed, Hansen Mangaranap Silitonga
Molecular identification and characterization of viral pathogens infecting sweet cherry, Aaron J. Simkovich
Clay Mineral Characterization and Production in Impact Settings: A Case Study on the Chicxulub Impact Structure, Mexico, Sarah L. Simpson
Investigating Citation Linkage as a Sentence Similarity Measurement Task using Deep Learning, Sudipta Singha Roy
Examining the Impact of Social Media on Youth Self-Perceived Mental Health, Chantal Singh
Exploring Explicit and Implicit Feature Spaces in Natural Language Processing Using Self-Enrichment and Vector Space Analysis, Vincent Sippola
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Clinical and Societal Perspectives, Marudan Sivagurunathan
Music in the Moment of "Cyber Culture:" An Outward Spiral, Brandon Sked
Development of the Model Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum for Synthetic Biology Applications, Samuel S. Slattery
Latino, Latina, Latin@, Latine, and Latinx: Gender Inclusive Oral Expression in Spanish, Katie Slemp
Neurocognitive impairment across the continuum of critical illness: exploration of acute insults, functional risk factors, and clinical monitoring tools., Marat Slessarev
Exploring Mental Health, Physical Health, and Affective Commitment in Acute Care Oncology Nurses in Ontario, Lesley M. Smith