Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Development of Force-Space Navigation for Surgical Robotics, Corey Daniel Smith
Perfectionistic Strivings are Neither Adaptive, Healthy, Positive, Functional, nor Advisable: Findings From Six Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles, Martin M. Smith
Standing and Dynamic Sitting in the University Classroom, Siobhan Smith
Head Impact Exposures In Youth Canadian Football Players Aged 12-14 Do Not Significantly Impair Antisaccade Performance, William J. Smith
Exact Box-Cox Analysis, Samira Soleymani
DNA Sequence Classification: It’s Easier Than You Think: An open-source k-mer based machine learning tool for fast and accurate classification of a variety of genomic datasets, Stephen Solis-Reyes
Brachypodium distachyon Histone Deacetylase BdHD1: A Positive Regulator in ABA Sensitivity and Drought Tolerance, Jingpu Song
Pre-service Teachers' Science and Web 2.0 Affect and Aspiration: A Survey Study, Yu Song
Electrocatalysts with high activity and stability for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, Zhongxin Song
Acquisition of Catalan and Spanish Morphosyntax in the Catalan-Spanish Bilingual Context, Adriana Soto-Corominas
Methods for the Investigation of Microvascular Control of Oxygen Distribution, Richard Sove
Nationalism and Sovereignty in Niue, the Cook Islands, Fiji and Hawai‘i, Craig Spurrier
Contemporary perspectives on the internationalization of firms, Maximilian Stallkamp
Dynamic Calibration of EMG Signals for Control of a Wearable Elbow Brace, Taylor Stanbury
Science and Theology in Religious Education and Faith Formation with Children and Youth: Towards a Post-Foundationalist Approach, Judy S. Steers
Factors that contribute to the process of reporting concussion symptoms experienced by Canadian Football League players, Daryl W. H. Stephenson
Role of Zero Valent Iron and Organic Substrates in Chlorinated Solvent Degradation: An Ex-Situ Remediation Case Study, Alexander Stevenson
Crossover Kids: Maltreatment Experiences, Subsequent Maladjustment, and Systems of Care, Blake Stewart
Effects of Elevated Temperature, Elevated CO2 and Photoperiod on Conifer Carbon Fluxes, Joseph R. Stinziano
Preparation and Characterization of Electrospun rGO-Poly(ester amide) Tissue Engineering Scaffolds, Hilary Stone
Soil Homogenization: Plant Species Diversity, Ecosystem Properties and Soil Freezing Effects During Tallgrass Prairie Restoration, Holly J. Stover
Behavioural Flexibility in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens), Caroline Strang
Developing Structure-Activity-Relationships for Metal-Ligand-Cooperative (MLC) Complexes using PR2NR′2 Ligands, James M. Stubbs
Guilt in Vergil’s 'Aeneid' and Lucan’s 'Bellum Civile', Michelle Sugar
Investigating the Use of M-Health for Learning and Clinical Training by Medical Students in Ghana, Abdul M. Sulley
Stratigraphy of the Upper Silurian to Middle Devonian, Southwestern Ontario, Shuo Sun
Synaptic Correlates For Stress Sensitization, Julia KJ Sunstrum
Effects of G Protein Signalling Modulator 3 on Cellular Signalling, Aneta A. Surmanski
Nest Predation by brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater), David C. Swan
The Old House, Eric Swiatoschik
Risk Perceptions of Smoking in China, Imran Syed
The Effect of Implant Girth and Implant Collar on the Degree of Bone to Implant Contact and Bone Stresses in the Proximal Humerus, Stephanie Synnott
The Effects of Semantic Priming on Lexical Processing, Alexander Taikh
Complexity Results for Fourier-Motzkin Elimination, Delaram Talaashrafi
The Political Power of Carlos Chávez and His Influence Upon Silvestre Revueltas and Blas Galindo, Yolanda Tapia
Elucidation of the Signaling Pathway of MERTK, Kyle Taruc
Examining geographic variation in children's perceived barriers to physical activity and the implications on behaviour, Leah Gabrielle Taylor
Identification of the Smallest Perceivable Interaural Time Differences, Sinthiya Thavam
The effect of shelter availability on foraging in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Christian A. Therrien
Role of Long Noncoding RNAs in Diabetic Complications, Anu Alice Thomas
Anisotropic kernel smoothing for change-point data with an analysis of fire spread rate variability, John Ronald James Thompson
The Brain-Heart Connection: Establishment of a Novel Rodent Model of Focal Insular Ischemic Stroke to Examine the Pathophysiology of Stroke-Induced Heart Injury, Victoria Thorburn
Maternal Effects and the Evolution of Chinook Salmon, Michael Thorn
Effect of material viscoelasticity on frequency tuning of dielectric elastomer membrane resonators, Liyang Tian
Hydrogen Generation from Eosin Y-sensitized Pt/ZnO under Solar Light Irradiation, Tianfang Tian
Space-Time Analysis of Breast Cancer in Middlesex County Between 2003 and 2013, Jenny T. Tjhin
Mechanisms Underlying Freeze Tolerance in the Spring Field Cricket, Gryllus veletis, Jantina Toxopeus
Medial Geniculate Projections to Auditory and Visual Cortex in Hearing and Deaf Cats, Benjamin Trachtenberg
Effect of Clear Aligner Therapy on Masticatory Muscle Tenderness and Orthodontic Pain, Johnny Tran
Exploring Children’s Self-Regulation for Learning within a Mindfulness-Based Social and Emotional Learning Program, Devon M. Trower
Slower Than Time Itself, Matthew S. Trueman
Behavioural and Anatomical Effects of Unilateral Injection of Botulinum Neurotoxin A in the Entopeduncular Nucleus of a Parkinsonian Rat Model, Adrianna Tsang
Layer-by-Layer Construction Strategies Towards Efficient CZTS Solar Cells, Matthew J. Turnbull
The Development of Metal Complexes as Components of Fluorescent and Nuclear Imaging Probes, William Turnbull
Generalized Scattering-Based Stabilization of Nonlinear Interconnected Systems, Anastasiia Usova
Social Identities in Chimu Times: A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Burials from Chayhuac Walled Complex in Chan Chan site, Peru, Katya Valladares
Supporting Indigenous Students: A Critical Analysis of the Sociocultural Context of Nursing Education, Kay E. Vallee
Synthesis and Characterization of Alkynyl-Substituted Boron Formazanate Dyes, Alex Van Belois
Developing and Testing a Novel Intervention to Reduce Household Food Waste, Paul van der Werf
Investigation and Validation of Imaging Techniques for Mitral Valve Disease Diagnosis and Intervention, Claire Vannelli
Aversion and Warning Factors for Assessing Existing Reinforced Concrete Structures, Marcie van Weerdhuizen
The Differentiation of Smallholder Farming and Household Food Responsibilities in Northern Ghana, Siera Vercillo
From Buried Treasure and Risky Adventure to Sobering Matters of Concern: the Ring of Fire Discourse in Ontario Mining Events, Brianne L. Vescio
Optimization of Decision Making in Personalized Radiation Therapy using Deformable Image Registration, Jason Vickress
Effect of Estrogen and Glucocorticoid Signaling on Th2 cells – Implications for Severe Asthma, Meerah Vijeyakumaran
Monuments of the Present: The Document and Monument in Michel Foucault's Archaeology, Alexander Walker
Multiresonant Anisotropic Nanostructures for Plasmon-Mediated Spectroscopies, Gregory Q. Wallace
Use of Regional Scale Field and Modelling Methods to Evaluate Nearshore Groundwater Discharge to a Large Glacial Lake, Hayley A. Wallace Ms.
Authentic Leadership and Workplace Bullying Among Experienced Registered Nurses: Testing a Double Mediation Model, Edmund J. Walsh
Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging of ZP1609 and Amyloid Beta, Jasmine S. H. Wang
Pelee: A Real-Time Object Detection System on Mobile Devices, Jun Wang
Antecedents and Consequences of Share Distribution in Equity Joint Ventures: A Pricing-Error Approach and Empirical Evidence, Liang Liang Wang
Putting Fürer's Algorithm into Practice with the BPAS Library, Linxiao Wang
Bifurcation Analysis of Two Biological Systems: A Tritrophic Food Chain Model and An Oscillating Networks Model, Xiangyu Wang
Effects of Grooves on Drag in Laminar Channel Flow, Yanbei Wang
Incidental learning of L2 technical vocabulary through repeated reading of academic texts, Yuning Wang
Automatic Brain Tumor Segmentation by Deep Convolutional Networks and Graph Cuts, Zhenyi Wang
Word Blending and Other Formal Models of Bio-operations, Zihao Wang
The uphill battle of environmental technologies: Analysis of local discourses on the acceptance and resistance of Green Bin programs, Carrie Warring
The Surreptitious Survival of The Emerging Pathogen Staphylococcus lugdunensis in Macrophages Enhances S. aureus Infection, David Watson
Canadians Misbehaving: A Quantitative Analysis of the Factors Contributing to Perceived Frequency of Organizational Misbehaviour by Employees and Employers, Brendan S.J. Watts
Hierarchical Variation in Cellulose Decomposition Across Southern Ontario Reference Streams, Jenna R. Webb
The Influence of Soft Tissue Balancing on Postoperative In Vivo Tibiofemoral Contact Kinematics in Total Knee Arthroplasty, Jared Webster
1-Dimensional Hydraulic and Sediment Transport Modelling of an Emergency Spillway, Ryan Weise
Anaerobic Digestion of Aqueous Pyrolysis Condensate, Connie Wen
The Transitioning Nutrition Status of Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Jason Mulimba Were
Compositional Variations of Titan's Impact Craters Indicates Active Surface Erosion, Alyssa Werynski
Contribution of Enterococcus faecalis to urinary tract infection, Samantha Ann Whiteside
Six Blake Songs, Willyn Whiting
Microclimate Variability of Select Toronto Neighbourhoods Under Hot Summertime Conditions, Timothy Wiechers
"We were Meant to go Down One Road, but Now We Have Rerouted": A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Experience of Aging Out-of-place, Sachindri Wijekoon
Drug Response And Metabolism In Crohn's Disease, Aze Wilson