Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Animated Art History: A Look into Disney’s Representation of Artwork in Film, Brianna Lagacé
Non-Pilot Protection of the Inverter-Dominated AC Microgrid, Houman Lahiji
Multiliteracies meaning-making: How four boys’ video gaming experiences influence their cultural knowledge—Two ethnographic cases, Carol Ann Lane
Modelling the thermal transport of a thawing permafrost plateau, Joelle E. Langford
Gay-Straight Alliances and Student Activism in Ontario Public Secular and Catholic High Schools, Alicia A. Lapointe
Counteracting Roles for the Related E26 Transformation Specific Transcription Factors Spi-B and Spi-C in Regulating Antibody-Forming Responses, Anne-Sophie Laramee
Understanding the process of recovery from critical illness from the patient perspective: A constructivist grounded theory, Tania Larsen
Transitions in Medical Education, Britta Laslo
Third- and Fourth-Graders’ Perspectives on Social Exclusion: A Group Concept Mapping Study, Tsz-Wing Zita Lau
Wait Times, Resource Use and Patient-Reported Outcomes for Patients Referred for Total Knee Replacement Surgery, Kate Lebedeva
Subjectivity, Passion, and Mystical Intuition: Nietzsche's Early Writing, Joseph Leivdal
Multi-Scale Peripheral Vasculopathy with Metabolic Syndrome, Kent Lemaster
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Novel Protease-Activated Receptor 2 (PAR2)-Targeting Imaging Agents for Cancer, Jordan C. LeSarge
White Matter Inflammation And Executive Dysfunction: Implications For Alzheimer Disease And Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Alexander Levit
Crop monitoring and yield estimation using polarimetric SAR and optical satellite data in southwestern Ontario, Chunhua Liao
Autohydrolysis Pretreatment of Mixed Lignocellulosic Biomass, Claudio Lira
Community of Practice: Adult’s Informal Learning in an Online English Learning Community in China, Ran Li
Experimental testing and modeling of partial nitrification at different temperatures, Xiaoguang Liu
Numerical Simulation of Three-Phase Flows in the Inverse Fluidized bed, Yunfeng Liu
Preparing to Receive: On the Revolutionary Questioning of Being and Time, Joshua Livingstone
Feature Based Calibration of a Network of Kinect Sensors, Xiaoyang Li
Ureilite Meteorite Record of Shock Metamorphism and Parent Body Processes, Yaozhu Li
Electrospun collagen fibers for tissue regeneration applications, Ying Li
Real-time Intrusion Detection using Multidimensional Sequence-to-Sequence Machine Learning and Adaptive Stream Processing, Gobinath Loganathan
Episodic-like Memory in Dogs: Solving What-Where-When Tasks, Ka Ho Lo
A Foucauldian Genealogical Analysis of Healthy Eating Education Materials in Ontario 1942-2015, Janet N. Loughheed
Evaluating plant root uptake of dsRNA for application in pest management, Kaitlyn Ludba
Computational Modelling of Human Transcriptional Regulation by an Information Theory-based Approach, Ruipeng Lu
Development of Nanostructures by Atomic and Molecular Layer Deposition, Andrew P. Lushington
Buffer, Graham Macaulay
Circannual Patterns of Adipose Tissue Characteristics in a Hibernator, the Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus), Amanda Maccannell
Spatial memory for isolated arm locations on the radial maze, Hayden MacDonald
Rachmaninoff's Piano Works and Diasporic Identity 1890-1945: Compositional Revision and Discourse, Renee MacKenzie
Time, Number, Space, and the Domestic Dog, Krista M. Macpherson
Examining Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Baseplate Fixation in Patients with E2-type Glenoid Erosion, Matthew D. Mahaffy
Unsettling the Homeland: Fragments of Home and Homeland among Iraqi Exiles in Amman, Jordan, Abdulla Majeed
In Vivo Tracking of Tumour Associated Macrophages in Breast Cancer with Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ashley V. Makela
Calcium Isotopes in Natural and Experimental Carbonated Silicate Melts, Matthew Maloney
Sources of Glass Transition Temperature Variation in Poly(methyl methacrylate)/Cellulose Composites, Elena Mamycheva
Essays on Crime, Education, and Employment, Maria Antonella Mancino
Healthy and Happy: Creating and Evaluating a Catalyst to Improve the Health of University Students via an Online Training System, Gillian E. Mandich
Diffusion and Functional MRI of the Brain Following Sports-Related Impacts and Concussion, Kathryn Y. Manning
Simplified Numerical Models in Simulating Corona Discharge and EHD Flows, Sara Mantach
Disabilities, Masculinities and Schooling: A Narrative Inquiry into the Stories Lived by Boys and Men with Physical Disabilities, David J. Mara
Cultural Memory and the Traumatic Past: Examining the Voids in Contemporary German and Uruguayan Literature, Museums, and Film, Jessica Paola Marino
Exploring Harm Reduction Among Canadian Veterans Experiencing Homelessness, Olivia Marsella
Synthesis of 2-thiouracil and 2-thiothymine peptide nucleic acid monomers compatible with fmoc-based oligomerization, Timothy Martin-Chan
Production of a Candidate Recombinant Protein Vaccine for Mannheimia haemolytica in Lettuce and Tobacco Chloroplasts, Coby K. Martin
High Resolution Spectroscopy of the Hyades Giants, Antonio Martinez
Electrochemical and Corrosion Examination of Copper under Deep Geologic Conditions for the Application of Nuclear Waste Containers, Taylor L. Martino
Exploring Teachers’ Experiences of Parental Leave Policies in One School Board in Ontario, Rachelle Martin
Optimization of Design Procedures for Delta Relaxation Enhanced Magnetic Resonance, Daniel J. Martire
Implementing a technology-based chronic care model: A case study, Rachelle Maskell
Conceptual Representation in Bilinguals: A Feature-Based Approach, Eriko Matsuki
Characterizing the Role of the miR156-SPL Network in Heat Stress Response in Medicago sativa, Craig Matthews
Leadership in a Complex Adaptive System: An Exploratory Case Study of One Faculty at a Canadian Post-Secondary Educational Organization, Helen Mawdsley
Bias Assessment and Reduction in Kernel Smoothing, Wenkai Ma
Consequences of Environmental Mercury Exposure for Migratory Fitness and Survival of Passerine Birds, Yanju Ma
Reactive Oxygen Species and the Regulation of Cerebral Vascular Myogenic Tone, Neil Mazumdar
Unread: The (Un)published Texts of Romanticism, Marc D. Mazur
Guided by Smoke: A Comparative Analysis of Early Late Woodland Smoking Pipes from the Arkona Cluster, Shane McCartney
The Indigenous Determinants of Health as Predictors for Diabetes and Unmet Health Needs Among Urban Indigenous People: A Respondent-Driven Sampling Study in Toronto, Ontario, Stephanie Rachael McConkey
Narrative Immunities: The Logic of Infection and Defense in American Speculative Fiction, Riley R. McDonald
Capriccio for Mixed Ensemble and Piano, André McEvenue
Does self-regulation mediate the relationship between locus of control and resiliency related outcomes?, Alexander J. McGregor
A Role for the Somatosensory System in Motor Learning by Observing, Heather R. McGregor
The Changing Spaces of Racialized Contestation in Brampton, Ontario; A Multimedia Analysis, Stuart Emberg McHenry
On Convivencia, Bridges and Boundaries: Belonging and exclusion in the narratives of Spain’s Arab-Islamic past, K. Elaine McIlwraith
Skills and Student Affairs: A Discourse Analysis, Shannon McKechnie
Metabolomics for Biomonitoring: Evaluation, Recommendations, and Test of Efficacy, Sarah M. McKenzie
Trends, affordances, and implications for learners' literacy and identity options: A systematic review of studies on transnational education, Bethany C. McKishnie
The Effects of Proficiency and Task Context on L2-L1 Noncognate Masked Translation Priming in Chinese-English Bilinguals, Mark J. McPhedran
Remembering Rebellion, Remembering Resistance: Collective Memory, Identity, and the Veterans of 1869-70 and 1885, Matthew J. McRae
Local Higher Category Theory, Nicholas Meadows
The effect of multiple environmental stressors on the growth and toxicity of the red tide alga Heterosigma akashiwo, Malihe Mehdizadeh Allaf
Effect of Bacterial Superantigens on the Magnitude and Breadth of Influenza-Specific CD8+ T Cell Responses, Courtney Meilleur
The Currents of Learning Motivation: Learners’ Stories From Arts-Integrated, Regular Classroom Landscapes, Irene Melabiotis
Information Freedoms and the Case for Anonymous Community, Rachel Melis
Assessing Cognition In A Mouse Model Of Alzheimer’s Disease, Justin B. Mels
Hydrodynamics of a Gas-Driven Gas-Liquid-Solid Spouted Bed, Jia Meng
The Spirituality of Watchman Nee from a Neo-Confucian Perspective, Jin Meng
Characterization of Kelyphite Rims: Relevance to Diamond Exploration, Mallory N.G. Metcalf
Mechanism of Protein Charging and Supercharging in Electrospray Ionization: Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Experimental Investigations, Haidy S. Metwally
A Genetic Screen to Identify Fission Yeast Genes with Roles in Protecting Against Perturbation of the Actin Cytoskeleton, Dorota Michalski
Embedded Smart-Polymer Sensor Arrays for Elucidating Load Distributions in Orthopaedic Implants, Carolina Micolini
Paddling the Biigtig: A case study of Environmental Repossession through canoeing, Kathleen Mikraszewicz
Transgender YouTubers and the Power of Coming Out: Existentialism, Gender Performance, and Self-Actualization, Meghan Miller
Two Paths to Illumination in Islamic Mysticism: Self-Annihilation versus Higher Self, Mahdieh Mirmohammadi
Investigating the role of endogenous ATF4 upregulation on neuronal glutathione level, Fatemeh Mirshafiei
Evaluating the Conservation of RNA Packaging Enhancer Elements Across Lentiviruses, Seyed Arad Moghadasi
Thermo-physical Modelling and Experimental Analysis of the Laser-Material Interactions during CW Laser Polishing, Shirzad Mohajerani