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A [Re]membered Place: Missed Opportunities of the "Educational" for Incarcerated Youth and the Ongoing Effects of York Detention Centre's Closure
(2016-11-25)This dissertation investigates the question of what is educational in the education of incarcerated youth? Biesta (2012) writes that one goal of education is or should be subjectification, pointing to educations orientation ... -
A Behavioural Genetic Model of the Mechanisms Underlying the Link Between Obesity and Dimensional Measures of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
(2015-12-16)Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate genetic and psycho-behavioural mechanisms contributing to the strong ADHD symptom-obesity association. Genetic variants associated with hypo-dopaminergic functioning ... -
A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for Bin Packing Problem
(2015-12-16)Bin Packing Problem examines the minimum number of identical bins needed to pack a set of items of various sizes. Employing branch-and-bound and column generation usually requires designation of the problem-specific branching ... -
A Chironomid-Based Paleolimnological Assessment of Long-Term Cumulative Effects Of Multiple Anthropogenic Stressors on Hypolimnetic Oxygen Dynamics in Lake Erie
(2018-08-27)The central basin of Lake Erie is annually subjected to hypoxia, which has implications for fish communities and nutrient recycling. As limnological monitoring data for Lake Erie does not extend beyond the 1970s, ... -
A Climate of Inequality: Evaluating Re-emerging Malaria Risk among Vulnerable Immigrant Populations in the Greater Toronto Area
(2014)The impacts of climate change are expected to affect certain groups disproportionately, based on the degree of inequality of social and material resources as defined by the social determinants of health (SDOH) model. One ... -
A Closer Look at the Effect of Bilingualism on Working Memory
(2019-11-22)Previous research suggests that bilinguals act as experts when engaged in tasks requiring attentional control (Incera & McLennan, 2015). Experts across various domains are slower to initiate a response, but then produce a ... -
A Cloud-Based Extensible Avatar For Human Robot Interaction
(2019-07-02)Adding an interactive avatar to a human-robot interface requires the development of tools that animate the avatar so as to simulate an intelligent conversation partner. Here we describe a toolkit that supports interactive ... -
A Collection of Afro and Latin-Caribbean Jazz Compositions
(2016-09-20)This thesis explores the use of steelpan in the jazz idiom. It includes reflections on the history of the instrument in the jazz context and experiences of steelpan jazz pioneers Othello Molineaux, Andy Narell and Rudy ... -
A community-based study of the effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy with school-aged children in Toronto, Canada
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a widely used treatment model for trauma-exposed children and adolescents (Cohen, Mannarino, & Deblinger, 2006). In this study, a randomized, waitlist-control design ... -
A Comparative Study Performed on Two Ambient Ionization Techniques: Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (DESI-MS) and Easy Ambient Sonic Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (EASI-MS)
(2015-08-28)Main project of my master’s thesis involved comparison between two sister methods: desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI−MS) and easy ambient ionization mass spectrometry (EASI−MS). These methods are ... -
A comparison of barriers to use of home versus site-based cardiac rehabilitation
(Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 2013-09)Purpose: Despite the established benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), it remains significantly underutilized. It is unknown whether patient barriers to enrollment and adherence are addressed by offering choice of program ... -
A Comparison Of Environmental Assessment (EA) Prediction Practices For Offshore Oil And Gas In Canada And Nigeria: How Do They Compare To Best Practices In EA Literature In Relation To Seabirds And Marine Vertebrates?
(2016)Anthropogenic economic activities are progressively harming the ocean environment. This is true of the oil and gas sector, which has increased in scale, and is a major driver of the offshore economy. Oceans are severally ... -
A comparison of the Characteristics and Fate of Barrow's Goldeneye and Bufflehead Nests in Nest Boxes and Natural Cavities
(University of California Press, 2002)Abstract. Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) and Bufflehead (B. albeola) are cavity-nesting waterfowl that have received considerable attention in studies using nest boxes, but little is known about their nesting ... -
A Constellation of Sorts: Pause, Glean, Repeat, Drift, Wait
(2016-09-20)My art practice is concerned with the nature of imagesimages which at once inscribe a historical continuity between the past and present, as well as index an inevitable sense of loss and drift. My MFA thesis exhibition, A ... -
A Creative Exploration of the Use of Intelligent Agents in Spatial Narrative Structures
(2015-01-26)This thesis is an interdisciplinary study of authoring tools for creating spatial narrative structures– exposing the relationship between artists, the tools they use, and the experiences they create. It is a research-creation ... -
A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Minority and Non-White Majority Children's Implicit Attitudes Toward Racial Outgroups
(2015-12-16)In this research I aimed to increase our understanding of the early emergence of racial biases by examining the implicit racial attitudes of minority and non-White majority children in two cultures. In Study 1, minority ... -
A cross-sectional examination of the relationships between caregiver proximal soothing and infant pain over the first year of life
(Pain, 2013)Although previous research has examined the relationships between caregiver proximal soothing and infant pain, there is a paucity of work taking infant age into account, despite the steep developmental trajectory that ...