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Fall 2022
The application of dissolvable materials is becoming widely used in hydraulic fracturing, especially in low permeability reservoirs. To date, most of the DAs are based on Al alloys (AAs) or Mg alloys, which offer desirable dissolvability, yet limited mechanical properties. This work aims to...
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Fall 2022
Phase separation by dilution with poor solvents is important for many separation processes, notably asphaltene precipitation in paraffinic froth treatment (PFT) in oil sands extraction. PFT is a step of bitumen froth treatment in which paraffinic solvent is added to the bitumen froth to reduce...
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Fall 2022
Canada’s forests are experiencing unprecedented pest and pathogen outbreaks; such instances are expected to increase under predicted climate change scenarios. A host’s ability to mount an effective defense response against pest and pathogen antagonists is dependent on recognition of the...
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Canadian Trauma Training Needs Assessment and Development of a Trauma Laparotomy Operative Assessment Tool
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Background: Canadian general surgery trainees are required to achieve competence in multiple domains of trauma care such as the operative and non-operative management of injuries, performance of the role of trauma team leader, trauma-specific knowledge, teamwork, and communication. A gap between...
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Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs) Nanocomposite Films for Sustained Release of CNCs and Enhanced Anti-biofouling Property
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Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are nanoparticles with high aspect ratios and excellent surface tunability and are processed from renewable bioresource. CNCs possess unique surface and colloidal properties which makes it an efficient depletion inducer for flocculating colloidal sized bacteria from...
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Fall 2022
Following from understandable concerns about costs of legal services, coupled with the need to ensure greater access to justice for citizens, it comes as no surprise that the number of Self-Represented Litigants, or SRLs, has been on the rise. But the ever-increasing presence of SRLs creates a...
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Fall 2022
Rule-based models have enjoyed a great deal of interest in the previous decades as one of the development paradigms of intelligent systems. They are regarded as a fundamental vehicle of knowledge representation, serving as a computational platform supporting an array of design practices and...
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Fall 2022
In this dissertation, various problems related to stochastic (partial) differential equations are investigated. These problems include well-posedness, H\"older continuity of the solution, moments of the solution and their asymptotics. This thesis is divided into three parts. The first part...
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Development of Mussel-inspired Antifouling Coatings and Underwater Adhesive Materials and the Associated Surface Interaction Mechanisms
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Nature biology like blue mussels, barnacles, and sandcastles can tightly attach to solid surfaces in the ocean, even under dynamic and turbulent environments. Exploration of these organisms has revealed the significance of catechol-enriched adhesive proteins as the unique paradigm for the...
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Fall 2022
Due to the large surface-to-volume ratio, micro-sized droplets (i.e. a few microns in radius) provide a unique compartmentalized environment for biphasic processes (i.e. biphasic reaction and liquid-liquid microextraction) that are reported to be cost-effective, streamlined, and...