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Spring 2017

Gleddie, Megan D

Within healthcare today, teams and teamwork have been rapidly implemented with the belief that they are capable of improving outcomes for patients, staff and the organization. However, there are also differing understandings of what teamwork means amongst healthcare providers because of...

Spring 2017

Liu, Zheyuan

The level of the froth middling interface in primary separation vessel plays an important role in overall bitumen recovery in conventional oil sands bitumen extraction process. To maintain the interface within a certain range of level, the accurate measurement is always desired. Online camera...

Fall 2017

Altaweraqi, Reema A

In humans, there are three members of the cation-coupled concentrative nucleoside transporter CNT (SLC28) family, hCNT1-3: hCNT1 is selective for pyrimidine nucleosides but also transports adenosine, hCNT2 transports purine nucleosides and uridine, and hCNT3 transports both pyrimidine and purine...

Spring 2018

Law, Lauren, KP

Reefs of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida) off western Canada were recently established as a marine protected area (MPA), however effective management and monitoring of this MPA is hindered by a lack of baseline data about reef distributions and biodiversity. MPA boundaries were...

Spring 2018

Yang, Bo

Polymers may absorb fluids from their surroundings via the natural phenomenon of swelling. Dimensional changes due to swelling can affect the function of polymer components, such as in the case of O-ring seals and microfluidic components. An understanding of the swelling behaviour and means for...

Fall 2017

Zandvakili, Mersedeh

Electrically reconfiguring communicational devices suffer from a number of drawbacks: incorporating electrical elements such as varactors in unit cell level to manipulate the inductance/capacitance of the circuits and maintaining RF/DC interference isolation in power supply is very challenging....

Fall 2017

Ghazanfari, Amin

The technical viability of the modular multilevel converter (MMC) technology for a wide range of applications from low- to high-voltage systems has resulted in the rapid deployment of these converters in smart ac and dc grids. The features that MMCs offer, including common dc-link, modularity,...

Fall 2017

Lanyi, Stephen A

Helical piles are becoming increasingly common as a result of their wide range of foundation applications. This pile type consists of a steel shaft with one or more helical plates welded near the toe. The axial behaviour of this pile type is difficult to predict because the failure mode is...

Fall 2017

Ghazizadeh, Sina

Recent earthquakes have revealed that conventional steel-reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls can exhibit considerable damage and residual displacements even after moderate intensity earthquakes. These residual displacements can result in high post-earthquake repair costs. Recent advances in the...

Fall 2017

Mendez, Adrian I

Cancers in the head and neck often lead to disability in basic functions, including speech and swallowing. Restoration of these functional impairments is the main treatment goals in managing patients affected by head and neck cancer. Historically, expert stakeholders including clinicians and...