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Spring 2022
BackgroundEvidence is emerging that the gut microbiome is an important contributor to the weight and metabolic effects of bariatric surgery. However, the microbial and intestinal physiological changes that occur with bariatric surgery are poorly understood. Developing this understanding...
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Spring 2022
This dissertation examines socially engaged practices by contemporary Korean and Japanese artists who address current transnational issues in East Asia, drawing on discourses across subaltern studies, postcolonial theories, memory studies, and inter-Asia studies. When an artist travels to a...
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Investigating Primary Biliary Cholangitis for a Human Betaretrovirus Superantigen signature
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Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) is an idiopathic autoimmune disease characterized by destruction of small hepatic bile ducts and presence of antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA). A Human Betaretrovirus (HBRV) sharing 91-99% sequence similarity with the Mouse Mammary Tumor virus has been...
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Spring 2022
The fifth-generation (5G) and beyond wireless networks aim to increase the current data rates to more than 10 Gbit/s. Thus, the spectrum crunch necessitates increasing spectral efficiency (SE). Key non-orthogonal technologies for this goal are (I) full-duplex wireless, (II) generalized...
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Spring 2022
Canada’s anti-discrimination legal regime is among the oldest and most established in the world. In this thesis, I examine those human rights institutions in Canada that were created to enforce anti-discrimination statutes to determine which system is more accessible to people from marginalized...
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Identification of Natural Health Product-Associated Adverse Events and Natural Health Product-Drug Interactions in Adults and Children with Cancer
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Background: Patients with cancer frequently use natural health products (NHPs) to help treat cancer, reduce side effects, or improve effectiveness of conventional cancer treatment, and improve their quality of life. Often oncology healthcare providers do not inquire about NHP use, leading to low...
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Effectiveness of On-Site Professional Oral Health Care Programs and Service Delivery within Nursing Homes: Preventing Bacterial Mouth Infection and Pneumonia/Aspiration Pneumonia
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Abstract Background: Seniors who are dependent on others to brush their teeth, communicate their dental needs, and provide them access to professional oral health care define dentally dependent nursing home residents in the context of this dissertation. Oral problems in Canadian nursing home...
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Systematic Control Design and Stability Analysis Approaches for Microgrid Inverters to Enhance Overall Performance and Efficiency
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This thesis addresses a systematic design and implementation of control systems of power converters in microgrids to guarantee system level stability and improve performance and efficiency. Due to the high penetration of power converters in power systems, proper operation of converters in...
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Spring 2022
The process of supercooling, where turbulent water is cooled below freezing while remaining a liquid, is a necessary condition for the formation of frazil and anchor ice in northern rivers during the late fall and winter. While the phenomenon has been often investigated in laboratory, relatively...
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Spring 2022
Clubroot, caused by the soilborne pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae, is a threat to cruciferous crops worldwide and an important disease of canola (Brassica napus L.) in Canada. At present, pathotypes of P. brassicae are distinguished phenotypically based on their virulence patterns on host...