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- 5Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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- 1Cockburn, Bruce F. (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Chickadee behavioural response to varying threat levels of heterospecific and conspecific calls
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Chickadees produce many vocalizations, including the chick-a-dee call that they use as a mobbing call in the presence of predators. Previous research has shown that chickadees produce more D notes in their mobbing calls in response to high-threat predators compared to low-threat predators, and...
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Dealing with a latent danger: parents communicating with their school-age preadolescent children about smoking - a grounded theory study
DownloadSpring 2011
Smoking in youth continues to be an important public health issue. Because adolescence is the key period for smoking initiation, prevention efforts need to take place before the adolescent years. Little is known about parental smoking prevention interventions. The purpose of this study,...
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Fall 2024
The rising demand for high-data-rate services has led to increased congestion in traditional low-GHz RF wireless communication channels. To alleviate this bandwidth shortage, higher-frequency bands like millimeter-wave and sub-THz frequencies are used. However, these higher-frequency signals...
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Fall 2012
Score reporting serves a critical function as the interface between the test developer and a diverse audience of test users. The basic requirements for score reporting are clearly identified within the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (1999). However, the methods to achieve...
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Fall 2013
We investigated the problem of constructing a near-field link budget to wirelessly communicate with high data rate (e.g. 3.125 Mbps) implantable circuitry located few centimeters under the skin using spread spectrum technique. Different methods and frequency bands were analyzed to choose the...
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Enhancing Backscatter Communication Networks: Optimization and Integration with Emerging Technologies
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Future wireless networks require low cost, high spectral efficiency, and high energy efficiency. To achieve these goals, backscatter communication (BackComm) networks rely on passive reflective backscatter devices (tags). However, passive transmission causes low data rates and ranges. To address...
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Fall 2017
The Quadruple Loop (QL) antenna was designed and investigated to deliver a robust body-worn antenna for bio-medical applications. The QL antenna is a very thin single-layer groundless structure which allows for the installation of neighboring electronics and sensors on biomedical device. The...
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Is What You See What You Get? Exploring the Role of Virtual Reference Icons on Academic Library Websites
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The goal of this study is to better understand academic library design, selection, and use of web icons. An additional goal is to discover some of the possible consequences of icon design decisions for student users. This research is meant to help library staff better understand the factors...
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Online Library Communities: An Analysis of Ten Canadian Public Library Websites and Social Media
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This thesis addresses the question of whether or not Canadian public libraries are creating online communities through their websites and social media pages. Studies into what sense of community entails, both physically and digitally have been conducted outside of the library and information...
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Parent-child communication and adolescents’ problem-solving strategies in hypothetical bullying situations
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The current study investigated: (a) the types of solutions that students and parents generate in response to hypothetical bullying situations; (b) the effectiveness of the solutions generated; and (c) the effectiveness of strategies when taking into consideration parent-child communication....