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The Limits of Regulation: A Case Study of Virtual and Intangible Harm
(2017-07-27)
This dissertation deals with the limits of regulation through the analysis of virtual and intangible harm and the capacity of regulation to prevent or at least reduce such harm. The case study at hand is the potential harm ...
Inertio- and Elasto-Magnetic Fractionation of Multiple Microparticles in Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluid
(2017-07-27)
Sorting of microparticles and cells using microfluidic platforms has several applications in diagnosis, biotechnology, and medicine. However, the currently available microfluidic sorting techniques have one or more of the ...
Exploratory Study of Documented Psychosocial Nursing Interventions within the Palliative Care Setting
(2017-07-27)
Further research is needed to better understand issues related to the provision of psychosocial care at end-of-life (EOL). Nursing documentation provides an effective strategy for assessing quality of care. The objective ...
The Activist Tale of Emergent Crowds & Mobilized Communities: Investigating the Interplay Between Consumer Activism & Consumer Collectives
(2017-07-27)
Consumers are collaboratively and collectively engaging in activist performances in the marketplace to challenge market(er) hegemony and power. Facilitated and enabled by online technologies, consumer collectives are waging ...
News from School: Language, Time, and Place in the Newspapers of 1890s Indian Boarding Schools in Canada
(2017-07-27)
Though few documents remain showing exactly how English was taught at Indian boarding schools (a term that includes both residential schools in Canada as well as their counterpart in the U.S.), some schools produced ...
Novel Kinetic Solution-Based Separation Approaches for Small Molecule Drug Discovery
(2017-07-27)
The modern pharmaceutical industry has achieved remarkable successes in medicinal chemistry. However, many diseases are incurable due to the difficulty of finding new drugs. De novo drug discovery contains two steps: the ...
Voltage and Reactive Power Control in Islanded Microgrids
(2017-07-27)
Previous studies put on view lots of advantages and concerns for islanded microgrids (IMGs), whether it is initiated for emergency, intentionally planned or permanent island system purposes. From the concerns that have not ...
Improvement of the Geospatial Accuracy of Mobile Terrestrial LiDAR Data
(2017-07-27)
Many applications, such as topographic surveying for transportation engineering, have specific high accuracy requirements which MTL may be able to achieve under specific circumstances. Since high rate, immersive (360 FOV), ...
"That Look That Makes You Not Really Want to Be There": Health Care Experiences of People Who Use Illicit Opioids in Small Urban and Rural Communities - A Critical Social Theory Analysis
(2017-07-27)
The phenomenon of interest is the health care experiences of people who use illicit opioids in small Ontario urban and rural communities. Using the qualitative constructivist paradigm the perspectives of participants who ...
Population Genomics of Polistes Wasps
(2017-07-27)
The molecular mechanisms influencing the evolution of social behaviour in insects are of great interest and have been the focus of many recent studies. Chapter one of this thesis reviews several major hypotheses regarding ...