electronic theses and dissertations from 2009: recent submissions
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efficacy of a multimolecular extraction from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue
(2021)as the genetic basis and gene expression components are being discovered for an increasing number of diseases and disorders there is a rising interest in using multiomic approaches to better understand these conditions. ... -
development of a language model and opinion extraction for text analysis of online platforms
(2021)language models are one of the fundamental components in a wide variety of natural language processing tasks. the proliferation of text data over the last two decades and the developments in the field of deep learning ... -
gallium nitride on low temperature cofired ceramic templates for schottky junctions
(2021)in this work aluminum, silicon and zinc oxide were used as intermediate layers for thin film growth on cofired glass ceramic substrates. the motivation behind this work is a direct deposition of nitride thin films on the ... -
behavior of exposed column base plate connection subjected to combined axial load and biaxial bending
(2021)column base plate (cbp) connections are one of the most crucial structural components of steel structures that act as a transfer medium for all the forces and moments from the entire building into the foundation. importance ... -
student-teacher relationships and their perceived impact on learning and motivation
(2021)the purpose of this study was to explore student perceptions specifically connected to student views of their relationships with teachers and the impact these relationships have on student learning and motivation. there ... -
ku band rotary traveling-wave voltage controlled oscillator
(2021)voltage-controlled oscillator (vco) plays a key role in determination of the link budget of wireless communication, and consequently the performance of the transceiver. lowering the noise contribution from the vco to the ... -
seismic performance evaluation of reinforced concrete bridge piers considering postearthquake capacity degradation
(2021)bridges play a key role in the transportation sector while serving as lifelines for the economy and safety of communities. the need for resilient bridges is especially important following natural disasters, where they ... -
an enhanced teager huang transform technique for bearing fault detection
(2021)rolling element bearings are widely used in rotating machinery. bearing health condition monitoring plays a vital role in predictive maintenance to recognize bearing faults at an early stage to prevent machinery performance ... -
macrobotanical and zooarchaeological examination of the macgillivray site (dbjm-3): a woodland period habitation in northwestern ontario
(2021)the macgillivray site (dbjm-3) is located on an island in whitefish lake, approximately 50 km southwest of thunder bay, ontario in the central canadian boreal forest ecozone. indigenous people have lived in this area for ... -
recovering the proteome of archived biomedical specimens
(2021)while several proteomic studies have undertaken the challenge of analyzing formalin fixed paraffin embedded (ffpe) tissue, few have developed optimized protocols for studying ffpe human brain tissue. this study will ... -
optimization of the process for sol-gel derived zno:al thin films for transparent conducting oxide applications
(2021)transparent and conducting al-doped zno thin films with c-axis-preferred orientation were prepared on glass substrate via sol-gel route. the physical, optical and electrical properties were investigated to determine an ... -
understanding the extent of polypharmacy and its impact on outcomes among persons with cancer and multimorbidity
(2021)cancer often co-occurs with other chronic conditions, and despite the high prevalence of multimorbidity (mmb) in this group, conditions are often treated individually, resulting in multiple prescriptions. polypharmacy ... -
enhanced hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate (pet) plastics by ozone and ultrasound pretreatment
(2021)the rapidly accumulating post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (pet) plastics pose a great threat to our environment as they constitute one of the most used products in our day-to-day life. as a result, degradation ... -
medical workflow design and planning using node-red data fusion
(2021)the space of clinical planning requires a complex arrangement of information, often not capable of being captured in a singular dataset. as a result, data fusion techniques can be used to combine multiple data sources ... -
multi-advisor deep reinforcement learning for smart home energy control
(2021)effective automated smart home control is essential for smart-grid enabled approaches to demand response, named in the literature as automated demand response. at it’s heart, this is a multi-objective adaptive control ... -
microbial production of value-added products from wood hemicellulose prehydrolysate
(2020)hemicellulose, the second most abundant polymer in nature, has the great potential to be used for the production of biochemicals under the concept of biorefining. as hemicellulose is watersoluble, it can also be easily ... -
the witch : a pedagogy of immanence
(2021)this thesis examines three key texts which serve as a means of exploring the process of reclamation, of delving into a process of reconstruction of indigenous identity but also of social identity within a philosophical ... -
design, development and usability evaluation of social system interface and development of computational model
(2021)in recent times, methods of computational intelligence (ci) that aim to solve real-life problems are developed by computer science researchers in collaboration with domain experts. there has also been an increased emphasis ... -
design of a beam-steerable microstrip line based leaky wave antenna using uniaxial field programmable microwave substrate (fpms)
(2021)the ever-growing wireless technologies of today are pushing the limits of the state-of-the-art radio frequency (rf) components design. one special requirement which is widely needed in modern applications is for the rf ... -
adaptive steady-state analysis of circuits using wavelets
(2021)this thesis presents research into utilizing the sparse representations of waveforms that are possible in the wavelet domain to increase the computational efficiency of the steady-state analysis of electric circuits. the ...
