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Fall 2022

Blackburn, Julia L

Rivers in cold regions experience ice conditions for a significant part of the year. River ice can cause ice jam flooding, impact hydropower generation operations, and affect a river’s ecological and morphological conditions. Many ice processes are highly dynamic and are affected by...

Fall 2022

Abdurrahim, Amna E.

Anthocyanins and gingerols are naturally occurring phenolic compounds abundant in berries and ginger, respectively. They have been reported to induce antioxidant effects, inhibit the growth of different cancer cell lines, and stimulate apoptosis by modulating different cellular signal pathways....

Fall 2022

Liu, Shaoqing

Renewable energy-powered electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) is considered as a promising approach to producing high value-added chemicals to mitigate the ever-increasing accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere. It could offer a sustainable route to achieving both carbon neutrality in the energy...

Fall 2022

Tunney, Libby Donna

Meteorites are the most primitive materials in the solar system and can provide important information about the early earth, planetary processes, and possibly yield insights to the building blocks of life. All meteoritic astromaterials are exposed to both organic compound and microbial...

Spring 2022

Kumaraswamy, Raksha K

An important goal of online reinforcement learning algorithms is efficient data collection to learn near-optimal behaviour, that is, optimizing the exploration-exploitation trade-off to reduce the sample-complexity of learning. To improve sample-complexity of learning it is essential that the...

Fall 2022

Chakraborty, Samprita

In this dissertation, I examine the impact of the world's largest employment guarantee program on child health and women's reproductive behaviours in rural India. The program, popularly known as National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) was introduced in India in 2005. I utilize two...

Fall 2022

Batres, Daniella

Given the significance of calcium (Ca) in the metabolism of laying hens, the purpose of this thesis was to contribute to existing knowledge regarding Ca metabolism and requirements in these highly productive birds. Phosvitin (PV), is an egg yolk phospholipid protein that increases Ca...

Fall 2022

Dara, Delaram

Currently, immunoassays are the gold standard tools for the detection and measurement of proteins in biological samples. These methods have a high level of sensitivity but are prone to limitations, such as non-specific binding and limited specificity due to cross-reactivity. This research aimed...

Fall 2022

Ryan, Joanna F

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...

2022

Godel, Stephanie N.

Affecting at least 5% of youth and 2.5% of adults worldwide, ADHD is associated with considerable suffering. Art therapists must therefore know how best to support clients of all ages who live with this neurodevelopmental disorder. Unfortunately, literature describing or evaluating art therapy...