• The Impact of Monocular Self-Occlusions on Depth Perception 

  Domenic Chun On Au (2020-11-13)

  Depth perceived from two-object arrangement half-occlusions has been shown to depend on the occluded regions size and texture properties. However, monocular regions also result from single-object self-occlusions where the ...

• The Call to the Filipino Diaspora: Local Development Through Transnational Practices 

  Clarence Laxina Magpantay (2020-11-13)

  Answering the Cry of the Poor (ANCOP) is an NGO operating in Canada and the Philippines. ANCOP, under the Catholic lay organization Couples for Christ (CFC) have a community development program where it builds villages for ...

• The Interplay Between Beta-Hydroxybutyrate, Insulin and Glucose on Regulating MCF7 Cell Cycle Status 

  Monica Tawadrous (2020-11-13)

  The Ketogenic diet (KD), has been used to treat epileptic seizures, improve insulin sensitivity and reduce adiposity. This study demonstrates an in-vitro approach to stimulate the KD in order to evaluate the effects on ...

• The Effects of the Error-Sensitivity and Perturbation Schedules on the Slow and Fast Processes in Reach Adaptation 

  Ambika Tara Bansal (2020-11-13)

  To study the processes involved in motor adaptation we examined the occurrence of a spontaneous rebound to investigate any behavioural differences between a perturbation that was introduced abruptly compared to gradually. ...

• The Smad7 Protein Interaction Network in Skeletal Myogenesis 

  Soma Tripathi (2020-11-13)

  Myogenesis or muscle development begins with cell cycle arrest and continues with a differentiation program that converts myoblasts into multi-nucleated cells referred to as myotubes. A complex hierarchy of transcriptional ...

• The Anti-Self-Help Project: Existential Suffering in Neonihilism 

  Patric Plesa (2020-11-13)

  The Anti-Self-Help Project is foremost a critique of neoliberalism, but more specifically, a reassessment of the neoliberal self-help industry. Relying on a Nietzschean/Foucauldian genealogical reassessment, the focus is ...

• "The Place of Imagination": Humphrey Jennings and the Biopoetics of Everyday Life 

  Scott William Douglas Birdwise (2020-11-13)

  This dissertation seeks to reanimate discussion of British artist and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings by reconsidering his body of work in light of the biopolitical transformations of modern life. While biopolitics ...

• The Transnational Mining Justice Social Movement: Indigenous Right to Consultation & Right to Remedy Law Reform Activism in Canada and Latin America From 1999-2019 

  Charis Kamphuis (2020-11-13)

  This portfolio dissertation studies the activism of the transnational mining justice social movement in Canada and Latin America from the late 1990s to 2019. It focuses on two of the movements most significant human rights ...

• The Conservation Management and Ecology of Northeastern North American Bumble Bees 

  Amanda Rae Liczner (2020-11-13)

  Bumble bees (Bombus spp.; Apidae) are among the pollinators most in decline globally with a main cause being habitat loss. Habitat requirements for bumble bees are poorly understood presenting a research gap. The purpose ...

• The Ambiance-Brief: An Investigation of a Novel Tool Designed to Assess Disrupted Maternal Behaviour 

  Marette Abdelmaseh (2020-11-13)

  Maternal sensitivity has long been associated with optimal child development, yet outcomes of studies investigating its predictive validity have been far from consistent. One explanation for this inconsistency is that ...

• The Relative Role of Nutrient Inputs, Climate, Land Use, and Spatial Patterns on Chlorophyll a Concentrations Worldwide 

  Arnab Khan Shuvo (2020-11-13)

  Water quality degradation is one of the largest threats to freshwater ecosystems, and understanding how multiple drivers such as nutrients, climate, morphology, and land use impact water quality is of high interest because ...

• The Impact of Chair Type on Quality Sitting Behaviours in a Prolonged Sitting Exposure 

  Mario Silvano Simone (2020-11-13)

  The increasing demand of low activity occupations to involve prolonged sitting may cause an increase in the risk of musculoskeletal injuries. Due to this demand, this study investigated the effect of two different office ...

• The Effect of Prolonged Sitting on Trunk Muscle and Kinematics Responses to Suddenly Applied Loads 

  Sam Sotirios Vasilounis (2020-11-13)

  Prolonged sitting facilitates individuals to adopt detrimental postures that may lead to the development of low back discomfort. Interestingly, subjecting individuals to unexpected trunk perturbations can reveal altered ...

• The Effects of Skill-Biased Technical Change on Income Distributions 

  Imran Aziz (2020-11-13)

  This thesis broadly investigates the impacts of skill-biased technical change (SBTC) on income distributions. In Chapter 1, I develop a SBTC model with an intergenerational framework, where heterogeneously-skilled households ...

• The Meaning of Syrian Refugees in Canada: an Old and a New Meaning and a Discussion of their Labour Market 

  Durmalouk Rami Kesibi (2020-11-13)

  When the Syrian nation began a revolution demanding rights and freedom; Bashar Al-Assad lead the republic into a war that resulted in the largest mass migration since world war two. In their challenging journey to resettle ...

• The Impact of Impaired Cyclooxygenase-2 Activity on Mouse Brain Development: A Focus on Sex Differences 

  Keenan C. Sterling (2020-11-13)

  There is a clear male bias in the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Certain environmental factors have been shown ...

• The International Food Crisis: A Geographical Investigation of the Egyptain Context 

  Mizhar Mikati (2020-11-13)

  This dissertation is a study of the link between international and national economic crises and food insecurity. This dissertation approaches food insecurity from the vantage point of a historical-geographical materialist ...

• The Association Between the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test and Time to Recovery in Adolescent Athletes: A Retrospective Cohort Study 

  Rahim Lalji (2020-11-13)

  Background The BCTT can assess for exercise intolerance following concussion. This study examined the association between a first attempt BCTT result and time to recovery in a sample of Canadian adolescents with SRC. ...

• The Effects of Exercise Training on Resting Metabolic Rate in Youth with Overweight or Obesity 

  Winnie Wing-Yan Yu (2020-11-13)

  Resting metabolic rate (RMR) is the largest component in energy expenditure and is often reduced with weight loss. Exercise training has been shown to attenuate RMR reductions in adults. However, little is known about the ...

• The Associations Between Blood and Urinary Concentrations of Metal Metabolites, Obesity, Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, and Dyslipidemia 

  Sarah Marie Swayze (2020-11-13)

  The objectives of the study were to determine if high concentrations of metals in blood or urine: 1) were associated with obesity and 2) influence the relationship between obesity and hypertension, type 2 diabetes and ...

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