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Couple Sexuality After Treatment for Colerectal Cancer and Adaptation to an Ostomy: Bridging the Divide Between Needs, Recommendations, and Treatment
(2020-11-13)Objective: Over the course of three sequential qualitative studies, this investigation aims to better understand and support couples sexual adjustment following ostomy surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC). Method: Study ... -
Combined Tension-Torsion Loading of Braided Composite Structures
(2020-11-13)Braided composites are a class of composite materials. They feature an inter-woven structure that improves structural stability and damage tolerance. Presently, braided composites under tension and torsion loading have ... -
Chemical Profiling of Drugs and Metabolites from Complex Biological Matrices by Atmospheric Pressure and Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry
(2020-11-13)Atmospheric pressure and ambient mass spectrometry (MS) techniques are powerful analytical tools for the omics technologies. Ambient MS techniques allow for the surface analysis of molecules directly from substrates and ... -
Emergence
(2020-11-13)Emergence is a feature-length coming-of-age and science-fiction screenplay set between 2044 and 2059 in Canada and a settlement on Mars. The story follows Nate Ein, a prodigy in computational neuroscience, who loses his ... -
Five Performance Etudes for Jazz Piano
(2020-11-13)There are currently numerous texts and publications which outline the fundamental concepts which are relevant to the study and performance of jazz piano. However, there is a smaller body of work that clearly demonstrates ... -
Enhancing University Technology Commercialization Success Rate
(2020-11-13)Despite overwhelming evidence of the economic benefits of transforming university technology research into innovation outcomes, several factors combine to reduce the likelihood of commercialization success My research ... -
Building a "Cross-Roads Discipline" at McGill University: A History of Early Experimental Psychology in Postwar Canada
(2020-11-13)This dissertation presents an account of the development of psychology at McGill University from the late nineteenth century through to the early 1960s. The department of psychology at McGill represents an alternative to ... -
Assisted Target Detection in Airborne Search and Rescue
(2020-11-13)Finding and rescuing people from downed aircraft is challenging in many parts of the world, including Canada. Because the Canadian military still relies on the naked eye to conduct searches, airborne search and rescue could ... -
Barrier Properties and Molecular Physiology of Fish Gill Epithelia and Gill Epithelium Models
(2020-11-13)The fish gill epithelium interfaces directly with surrounding water and participates in numerous physiological processes. However, the barrier properties of the fish gill epithelium have been largely overlooked until recent ... -
Co-constructing Peer Feedback Practices in an Elementary School Mathematics Classroom: An Enactivist Perspective
(2020-11-13)Feedback has been recognized as one of the most powerful factors in school achievement, and a great body of research has been devoted to studying its effectiveness. In this research, I bring together research in peer ... -
Gender and Disability Consciousness Among Community Organizers and Self-Advocates
(2020-11-13)This dissertation approaches oppression of women and trans people in the disability community from the vantage point of resistance movements. Research in this area has, so far, largely excluded gender-based violence. I ... -
GNSS-PPP Navigation in Obstructed Environments Using a Chip-Scale Atomic Clock and Clock Coasting
(2020-11-13)The Precise Point Positioning (PPP) measurement processing technique for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) is applied widely for scientific applications that require sub-metre level accuracy with few obstructions. ... -
Analysis and Conditioning of GNSS Measurements from Smartphones for Precise Point Positioning in Realistic Environments
(2020-11-13)With the availability of raw GNSS code and carrier-phase measurements from dual-frequency chips in smartphones, Precise Point Positioning (PPP) can be used to improve the accuracy of the positioning solution offered by ... -
Between Us
(2020-11-13)Between Us is a short film set in rural Japan about the strains and intimacies between a local transgender man and his queer Canadian partner in an unexpected encounter at the local hot springs. The story, while fictional, ... -
For the Love of "Home": The Transnational Lives of 1.5 and Second-Generation Ghanaian-Canadians
(2020-11-13)Second generation transnationalism is a growing subfield in migration studies, which aims to explain the ways in which migrants children participate in the homeland environment. This dissertation examines the transnational ... -
Effect of Future Extreme Precipitation Events on the Stability of Soil Embankments Across Ontario
(2020-11-13)Changes in climatic conditions have been observed since about 1950. Climate change is expected to increase the magnitude and frequency of extreme events as well as long-term changes in average climatic conditions. The ... -
Applications of Luminescent Solar Concentrators
(2020-11-13)Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are a promising technology because they are inexpensive, lightweight, aesthetically versatile, and offer wavelength-selective transparency. This thesis investigates the use of LSCs ... -
I Stream, You Stream, We all Stream: Gender, Labour, and the Politics of Online Streaming
(2020-11-13)This dissertation examines the experiences of women who livestream videogames on the Twitch.tv platform. Like other areas of video game culture, participation in livestreaming is shaped considerably by identity, making the ... -
Analyzing Human-Building Interactions in Virtual Environments Using Crowd Simulations
(2020-11-13)This research explores the relationship between human-occupancy and environment designs by means of human behavior simulations. Predicting and analyzing user-related factors during environment designing is of vital importance. ... -
Dukkha: In Light of Buddhism Examining Spirituality, Materiality, Symbolism, and Time in the Film Entitled Dukkha
(2020-11-13)This thesis exhibition, How Calm the Ocean, features my long-term video project, Dukkha, along with a large-scale sand hill installed in the Special Project Gallery at York University.1 In Buddhism, suffering is one of the ...
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