Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) by Title
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3 Seconds Divorce: An Interactive Documentary
(2016-11-25)3 Seconds Divorce is an Interactive Documentary (I-doc) that explores the effect of the prevailing practice of Triple Talaq, or Oral Divorce, on the lives of Indian Muslim women. This I-doc also highlights the grassroots ... -
3D Classification of Power Line Scene Using Airborne Lidar Data
(2015-08-28)Failure to adequately maintain vegetation within a power line corridor has been identified as a main cause of the August 14, 2003 electric power blackout. Such that, timely and accurate corridor mapping and monitoring are ... -
3D Modelling for Improved Visual Traffic Analytics
(2018-08-27)Advanced Traffic Management Systems utilize diverse types of sensor networks with the goal of improving mobility and safety of transportation systems. These systems require information about the state of the traffic ... -
3D Printing of Continuous Wire Polymer Composite for Mechanical and Thermal Applications
(2019-07-02)Recently, continuous fiber reinforcement has been combined with 3D printing techniques such as fused filament fabrication to create stronger and stiffer printed composite components. The continuous nature of the reinforcing ... -
3D Reconstruction of Building Rooftop and Power Line Models in Right-of-Ways Using Airborne LiDAR Data
(2016-11-25)The research objectives aimed to achieve thorough the thesis are to develop methods for reconstructing models of building and PL objects of interest in the power line (PL) corridor area from airborne LiDAR data. For this, ... -
3D Reconstruction of Indoor Corridor Models Using Single Imagery and Video Sequences
(2020-05-11)In recent years, 3D indoor modeling has gained more attention due to its role in decision-making process of maintaining the status and managing the security of building indoor spaces. In this thesis, the problem of continuous ... -
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 Case Study of Indigenous Representation in Film Music: Smoke Signals and Dances with Wolves
(2020-08-11)This thesis explores the representation of North American Indigenous cultures through film music of the 1990s. I use two films as case studies: a Hollywood-produced film Dances with Wolves (1990) and an independent film ... -
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 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 Collage Barbarous
(2021-11-15)A Collage Barbarous is a short experimental film that navigates a voyage of exile and femininity, and drifts towards the embodied experience of traveling between worlds. On a train moving through Sichuan, the traveling ... -
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 Comparative Study of Judicial Safeguards in Relation to Investor-State Dispute Settlement
(2020-05-11)ISDS is a relatively young and dynamic regime. It faces challenges for which other adjudicative systems, after centuries of development, have found solutions. In ISDS, fair rules and procedures are essential since ISDS is ... -
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 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 ... -
A Comprehensive analysis of the factors affecting the development of expertise in athletes with impairments
(2021-07-06)Abstract Objective: The overarching purpose of this dissertation was to provide an overview of impairment-related factors that influence Paralympic sport (PS) athletes sporting trajectory by examining various stages of ... -
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 ...