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Biolocomotion Detection in Videos
(2020-05-11)Animals locomote for various reasons: to search for food, to find suitable habitat, to pursue prey, to escape from predators, or to seek a mate. The grand scale of biodiversity contributes to the great locomotory design ... -
Breaking Binaries: Rethinking Gendered Metaphors in Translation Theory
(2020-05-11)In efforts to understand the complexity of translation, theorists have often turned to metaphor. As Lori Chamberlain (1988) shows, some of these metaphors have mirrored the androcentric hierarchy of Western society, ... -
Delineating the Interaction Between TRAF1 and the Linear-Ubiquitin Chain Assembly Complex
(2020-05-11)Tumour necrosis factor receptor (TNFR)-associated factor 1 (TRAF1) is a signaling adaptor that plays opposing roles in NF-B activation downstream of TNFR and Toll-like receptor (TLR) family members. Furthermore, TRAF1 has ... -
Disability's Encounter with Legislation and Governance: Long-Term Care Homes in Ontario
(2020-05-11)This dissertation is a comprehensive study of the new legal framework for the long-term care (LTC) sector (also known as nursing homes) in Ontario, Canada. The research sought to answer the following question: What are the ... -
Adaptive Momentum for Neural Network Optimization
(2020-05-11)In this thesis, we develop a novel and efficient algorithm for optimizing neural networks inspired by a recently proposed geodesic optimization algorithm. Our algorithm, which we call Stochastic Geodesic Optimization (SGeO), ... -
A Comparison Study on Control Moment Gyroscope Arrays and Steering Laws
(2020-05-11)Current reaction wheels and magnetorquers for microsatellite are limited by low slew rate and heavily depends on orbital parameters for coverage area. Control moment gyroscope (CMG) clusters offer an alternative solution ... -
Comparing Representations of Contribution Labels in Goal Models
(2020-05-11)Goal models have been proposed to be an effective method to support decision making in early requirements engineering. Key to using them is the concept of contribution links that represent how the satisfaction of one goal ... -
Development of Sustainable Masonry Brick
(2020-05-11)Implementation of environmentally-friendly and cost-effective building designs has been a persistent challenge to the civil engineering community. The current study aims to develop innovative masonry bricks which could ... -
A History of the Royal (Toronto) Conservatory of Music Piano Examinations, 1887-2015: Their Impact and Influence
(2020-05-11)Since its inception in 1887, the Royal Conservatory of Music has maintained its position as one of the largest and oldest community-based music schools and education centres in North America, with an integrated examination ... -
Evaluation and Application of Max-DOAS Methods for Monitoring Aerosols, NO2, and SO2 in Urban and Industrial Environments
(2020-05-11)The ideal measurement technique to effectively address an air quality problem depends on the chemical and physical properties of the species and its environment. Multi-Axis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy ... -
Additive Manufacturing of Novel Cemented Carbides with Self-Lubricating Properties
(2020-05-11)In this research, WC-17Co and WC-Co-hBN cemented carbides were processed using Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and heat treated at 400 C, 600 C, 800 C and 1000 C for 3 hours to understand the effect of processing and ... -
Carbohydrate Supplementation During Prolonged Aerobic Exercise for People Living with Type 1 Diabetes on Insulin Pump Therapy: The ExCarbs Study
(2020-05-11)Moderate intensity exercise increases hypoglycemia risk in individuals with type 1 diabetes. This thesis assessed carbohydrate and insulin strategies during 120-min fasted exercise (~45% VO2peak) in fifteen individuals ... -
Dual Fixed-Size Ordinally Forgetting Encoding (FOFE) For Natural Language Processing
(2020-05-11)In this thesis, we propose a new approach to employ fixed-size ordinally-forgetting encoding (FOFE) on Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks, called dual-FOFE. The main idea behind dual-FOFE is that it allows the encoding ... -
Design and Performance Analysis of Next Generation Heterogeneous Cellular Networks for the Internet of Things
(2020-05-11)The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of inter-connected computing devices, objects and mechanical and digital machines, and the communications between these devices/objects and other Internet-enabled systems. Scalable, ... -
Common Health: The Role of Non-Profit Organizations in Supporting Community Action for Health Equity and Justice
(2020-05-11)This dissertation explores the ways in which reporting requirements, evaluations, management decisions and other metrics and processes contribute to a growing gap between community development goals of community health ... -
"Do You Know What You Don't Know?" Exploring Monitoring Accuracy Across Domains of General Knowledge, Financial Calculation, and Probability Calculation
(2020-05-11)Confidence and its accuracy have been most commonly examined in domains such as general knowledge and learning, with less study of other domains, such as applied knowledge and problem-solving. Monitoring accuracy in ... -
Examining the Association Between Traditional and Mainstream Medicine and the Prevalence of Arthritis in the Urban Indigenous Population Living in Toronto
(2020-05-11)Background: In the Indigenous community, the prevalence of arthritis is 1.3 to 1.6 times higher than their non-Indigenous counterparts. Moreover, minimal population health information on urban Indigenous peoples is ... -
Assessing Canada's Copyright Law in the Digital Context: Digital Locks, Open Licenses, and the Limits of Legislative Change
(2020-05-11)This dissertation examines Canadas copyright law reform in the information age. The overarching theme of my research underscores the importance of considering the purpose(s) of copyright law and the public interest while ... -
Development and Improvement of Spectroscopic Techniques for Atmospheric Composition Measurements from Ground and Space
(2020-05-11)Investigating the role of the atmosphere in climate change requires a large body of observations and measurements of atmospheric composition. This requires the development of observational techniques and instrumentation, ... -
Crisis and Transformation in Heisei Japan
(2020-05-11)This dissertation examines the political economy of post-war Japan using a theoretical framework that combines Antonio Gramsci's ideas about hegemony and crisis in capitalist society with feminist political economy analyses ...
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