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Skip to Search Results- 1ALBAHLANI, ALMUATASIM MOHAMMED
- 1Alizadehgiashi, Moien
- 1Athar, Khan S
- 1Bansal, Hemant
- 1Baron, Corey A
- 1Beaton, Neil I.
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Spring 2013
In this thesis, methods for improving needle steering during prostate brachytherapy are studied. Brachytherapy is a minimally-invasive, out-patient therapy for prostate cancer treatment with a fast recovery time. Success of brachytherapy depends on precise placement of needle tips in pre-planned...
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Needle Shape Visualization, Tracking and Steering Control for Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy Applications
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Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent types of cancers in North American males, afflicting one in eight men over the course of their lifetime. Fortunately, early-stage prostate cancer has a wide variety of treatment options. One such option, permanent prostate brachytherapy, has been...
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Non-linear reparameterization of complex models with applications to a microalgal heterotrophic fed-batch bioreactor
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Good process control is often critical for the economic viability of large-scale production of several commercial products. In this work, the production of biodiesel from microalgae is investigated. Successful implementation of a model-based control strategy requires the identification of a model...
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Nonlinear state-space control design for displacement-based real-time testing of structural systems
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Moosavi Nanehkaran, Seyed Abdol Hadi
This study presents the nonlinear design of a state space controller to control hydraulic actuators under displacement control, specifically for real-time pseudo-dynamic testing applications. The proposed control design process uses the nonlinear state space model of the dynamics of the system to...
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NUMERICAL AND SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING OF PARTICLES UNDERGOING PHASE CHANGE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CONVECTION
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This work is devoted to the development and validation of subgrid models describing heat and mass transfer between the bulk flow of gas/liquid and a moving particle undergoing phase change under the influence of free/mixed/forced convection. Such kind of submodels plays the role of ’scale...
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Numerical Simulations of Anelastic and Boussinesq Rotating Convection with Radial Entropy Gradient Boundary Conditions
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Observations from the gas giants Jupiter or Saturn allow for researchers to construct geophysical fluid dynamical numerical models in an attempt to replicate the observed features. Most models aim at replicating the zonal jets and the eddies observed on these gas giants to understand how they are...
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Parental use of psychological and behavioural control and the relationship to children's eating habits
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This correlational study examined parent-feeding practices, children’s negative affect towards food, and parental psychological and behavioural control, and parenting styles relating to parental behavioural and psychological control. Parents and their children aged 9-13 years completed...
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Spring 2016
Glyphosate resistant Kochia scoparia is a growing concern in Canada, and is increasing in incidence. Trials were conducted in naturally occurring glyphosate susceptible kochia populations or in areas seeded with glyphosate susceptible kochia seed. By looking at herbicides with different modes of...
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Quantitative analysis of single particle tracking experiments: applying ecological methods in cellular biology
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Single-particle tracking (SPT) is a method used to study the diffusion of various molecules within the cell. SPT involves tagging proteins with optical labels and observing their individual two-dimensional trajectories with a microscope. The analysis of this data provides important information...
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Refocusing the focus on adherence to antiretroviral therapy using a community-based participatory research approach
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Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is critical to treatment success. Using an epidemiological and community-based participatory research approach, my thesis reports on two papers related to antiretroviral therapy success (and subsequent failure). My thesis also includes a third paper which...