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Generic on-board-computer hardware and software development for nanosatellite applications
(2012-11)This study outlines the results obtained from the development of a generic nanosatellite on-board-computer (OBC). The nanosatellite OBC is a non-mission specific design and as such it must be adaptable to changing mission ... -
When the world is alive: aesthetic experience and radical listening
What do we listen for as educators? Do we value the voices of children? Do we invite colleagues into our work? Are we attentive to materials and environment? If we value reciprocity with these elements, how do we get better ... -
A Redefined Role for Tuba in Jazz
In accordance with the York University MA composition thesis guidelines, I propose to create a body of work consisting of several original jazz compositions. This project will utilize myself as composer with the tuba at ... -
Increasing flow in the actor's work
This paper is an account of preparation I undertook to play the roles of Eric, Venturewell, and Barberosa, in Tim Askew's adaptation of Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Primary to approaching this track ... -
Visualizing bird migration: highlighting the relationship between migratory birds and the Toronto region through graphic design practice
Bird migration phenomenon takes place many thousands of meters above the ground and between distant locales and therefore remains largely invisible to human observers. The goal of this thesis project is to bring migration ... -
From coal pits to tar sands: examining labour migration between the Athabasca oil sands and an Atlantic Canadian region
In less than two decades, the Oil Sands industries of Northern Alberta have transformed from a costly experiment in oil production hidden in the Canadian hinterlands to a mega-industry employing over 100 000 individuals ... -
Rearing Mesostoma ehrenbergii and studying chromosome movements during meiosis in their spermatocytes
"The Mesostoma ehrenbergii spermatocyte is an advantageous cell for studying meiosis. Its many unique features include regular and persistent bivalent kinetochore oscillations, distance segregation of univalents and the ... -
A suite for solo piano inspired by the Heroic Journey
This thesis is an exploration of the role an audience might assume in a musical performance, and is a test of the hypothesis that listeners' engagement with a composition can be increased by giving them a role in the ... -
The application of MAX-DOAS to the measurement of tropospheric gases and aerosols in marine and continental environments
Multi Axis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) is a passive DOAS technique that uses scattered sunlight to determine differential slant column densities (DSCDs) of trace gas absorbers along multiple ... -
The case for the prosecution of apartheid criminals in Canada
Given what happened in South Africa in support of apartheid, this dissertation explores the various approaches to justice that have been, and might be employed to deal with the enormity of the crimes committed. The notion ... -
Semantic concept extraction from electronic medical records for enhancing information retrieval performance
With the healthcare industry increasingly using EMRs, there emerges an opportunity for knowledge discovery within the healthcare domain that was not possible with paper-based medical records. One such opportunity is to ... -
Self-help in translation: a case study of The Secret and its Arabic translation
"Self-help literature has become a global phenomenon over the last twenty-five years. It has crossed geographical, linguistic and cultural boundaries through translation, which not only imported foreign texts to target ... -
Methods for deriving temperature profiles of Mars from OH Meinel airglow observations
Observations of the OH Meinel Band airglow emission from vibrationally excited ground electronic state OH radicals have long been used to gain valuable information about the dynamics and state of the upper atmosphere of ... -
The Storied Yugoslavia: A Dialogue of Mythistory, Power and Storied Yugoslav National Context in Ivo Andrić's The Bridge on the Drina (1945/1959) and Emir Kustruica's Underground (1995)
This thesis examines a dialogue between two texts meant to contribute to the mythistory (Aleksić, 2007) and what I term the storied context of the second Yugoslav Experiment (1945-1995). From within the lens of my own ... -
The lived experience of internationally educated nurses with developing intercultural competence in Ontario after watching communication vignettes
Internationally educated nurses (IEN s) are nurses who obtain their nursing license outside of Canada. IENs face many challenges when trying to transition into the Canadian healthcare system. This is largely due to their ... -
21st century pedagogy: a classroom perspective on critical thinking
The current study aims to gain a classroom perspective on one of the core 21st century skills: critical thinking. Teachers from London, England and Toronto, Ontario (N=24) were surveyed and interviewed (N=10) and asked ... -
"Unpacking ""Alberta beef"": class, gender, and culture in Edmonton packinghouses during the era of na ti on al pattern bargaining, 1947-1979"
"The struggle to establish a progressive American-based industrial union, United Packinghouse Workers of America, in Edmonton's four major packinghouses during World War Two sparked the ""awakening"" of a social conscience ... -
Labouring bodies: living standards and the distribution of food in Britain, 1850-1914
This dissertation analyses the social relations of distribution upon which the 'production' of cheap food in Britain between 1850 and 1914 came to rest. It argues that these relations of distribution were essential to the ... -
Choices and compromises: the abortion movement in Canada 1969-1988
This dissertation explores pro-choice activism in Canada following the 1969 omnibus bill that decriminalized abortion. The 1969 legal amendments permitted abortions performed in accredited hospitals and approved by the ... -
Development of a tandem microfluidic two-phase extraction device for continuous arylboronic acid phase-switching purification
The last 20 years has witnessed a surge in the development of fluidic devices and techniques aimed at the generation of novel tools for chemical transformations, chemical analysis, bioassays, therapeutics, medical diagnostics, ...