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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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Critically Examining the Norwegian Sport for Development and Peace Context: Partnerships and Policies
(2020-11-13)This study examined the way in which the Norwegian Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) landscape was influenced by the partnerships and policies of five Norwegian organizations involved in SDP. Using multiple instrumental ... -
Exercise Dose Dependent Atrial Remodelling and Atrial Fibrillation
(2020-11-13)The dependence of atrial fibrillation (AF) on exercise dose is U shaped. To assess the physiological basis for this relationship, we swam 3 groups of CD1 mice at variable daily durations (120, 180 and 240 minutes per day) ... -
Circadian Rhythm in Intrinsic Heart Rate
(2020-11-13)Heart rate (HR) as well as adverse cardiac events (i.e. myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, stroke, and sudden cardiac death) show circadian patterns. Circadian HR fluctuations are traditionally thought to be controlled ... -
Empowered Mothering & Employment: A Study of Employed Myanmar Diasporic Mothers in Greater Toronto Area
(2020-11-13)My research study focuses on empowered mothering and employment in relation to first-generation migrant women from Myanmar (Burma) who have relocated to Canada. Specifically, I investigate how employed Myanmar diasporic ... -
Between Ashkenaz and Sepharad, Judaism and Christianity: Asher ben Jehiel as a Liminal Figure in the High Middle Ages
(2020-11-13)The central figure of this dissertation, Rabbi Asher ben Jehiel (Rosh, c.1250-1327), is explored as a liminal figure of the Middle Ages, in a variety of ways. Using the scholarship of Homi Bhabha on the topic of cultural ...
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