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Investigation of three integrated energy systems with desalination, heat storage, thermochemical cycles and heat upgrade
(2020-09-01)This thesis study proposes three different novel renewable energy-based multigeneration integrated systems with molten salt heat storage and desalination options where copper-chlorine (Cu-Cl) and magnesium-chlorine (Mg-Cl) ... -
iPad Implementation in the Middle School Classroom: The Teachers' Perspectives
(2014-03)This project explores the implementation of iPads in a middle school by surveying and interviewing teachers to examine their • Levels of Use, Stages of Concern, and the First- and Second-Order Barriers they encounter. The ... -
Is implementing a provincial e-cigarette tax associated with a lower likelihood of e-cigarette initiation among high school students? Evaluating the experience in British Columbia using data from the COMPASS study, 2018-2021
(2023-04-01)Background: This study evaluated the impact of an e-cigarette tax in British Columbia (BC) on youth e-cigarette use. Methods: This study used repeat cross-sectional and longitudinal samples of students attending high ... -
Is measuring best? Evaluating report derived body mass index in Special Olympics participants
(2015-04-01)To determine the proportion of overweight/obesity, studies save time and money by using reported height and weight for the calculation of body mass index (BMI). However, no studies have reported the validity of self and ... -
Is multimodal care effective for the management of patients with soft tissue injuries of the shoulder? A systematic review of the literature
(2015-06-01)Shoulder injuries are common and cause significant pain and disability. Individuals who consult clinicians for shoulder pain are typically treated with multimodal care. However, little is known about the effectiveness of ... -
Is non-medical use of prescription sedatives and sleeping pills associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress in undergraduate university students
(2019-07-01)Introduction: Mental health is a public health concern on university campuses. However, little is understood about the etiology of mental health in this population. Purposes: To measure the association between the non-medical ... -
"IS THE UNI FUN?": can transactional distance theory be used as a theoretical framework in understanding the chat content of a university moderated Facebook page?
(2011-08-01)Social Networking sites are being used by post-secondary institutions to engage their prospective and current student populations. The communication that results from these online interactions can be placed within the ... -
Is Yang style Tai Chi a “one size fits all” fall prevention exercise program for older adults?
(2011-08-01)Falls among Canadian older adults is a growing problem, not only in terms of incident rates and its impacts, but most importantly, the vast scope of preventable morbidity and mortality. A decline in age-related physical ... -
Islanding detection in distribution system embedded with renewable-based distributed generation
(2012-12-01)Classical view of power system is characterized by a unidirectional power flow from centralized generation to consumers. Power system deregulation gave impetus to a modern view by introducing distributed generations (DGs) ... -
Isolation and partial characterization of three acetylcholine-gated chloride channels in Haemonchus contortus
(2017-01-01)Haemonchus contortus is a parasitic nematode infecting ruminants causing anemia and poor health due to the parasite’s blood-feeding nature. The ability to manage infection has been confounded by the rapid development of ... -
Isolation and partial characterization of three members of the GGR-1 family in the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus
(2019-08-01)Haemonchus contortus is a blood sucking parasitic nematode that infects ruminant animals. These parasites are of significant economic importance as they are estimated to cost the agricultural industry billions of dollars ... -
Java lock contention antipatterns and their detection within Java code
(2023-04-01)Java Based Multithreaded programs are used in a wide variety of applications and consequently many developers are required to create code designed for synchronized environments. However, finding problems in synchronized ... -
Joint channel pairing and power allocation optimization in two-way multichannel relaying.
(2014-08-01)We consider two-way amplify-and-forward relaying in a multichannel system with two end nodes and a single relay, using a two-slot multi-access broadcast (MABC) as well as time-division broadcast (TDBC) relaying strategies. ... -
Joint optimization of transmit beamforming and base station cache allocation in multi-cell C-RAN
(2021-11-01)Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) with wireless backhaul has been considered as a possible solution for small cell deployment. Limited capacity of wireless backhaul encourages people to equip the base stations (BSs) with ... -
Joint position estimation, packet routing and sleep scheduling in wireless sensor networks
(2017-08-01)Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is an important research field in Computer Science with applications that span multiple domains. Due to the limitation of sensor nodes, network lifetime is a critical issue that needs to be ... -
Joint relay beamforming and transceiver processing in multiuser relay network
(2016-08-01)In this thesis, we focus on joint relay beamforming and transceiver processing in multiuser relay network. First of all, we consider the scenario in which multiple source-to-destination (S-D) pairs intend to communicate ... -
Joint spatial and layer attention for convolutional networks
(2019-05-01)In this work, we propose a novel approach that learns to sequentially attend to different Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) layers (i.e., “what” feature abstraction to attend to) and different spatial locations of the ... -
Joint uplink-downlink beamforming in multi-antenna relaying schemes
(2009-11-01)The thesis examines the problem of joint receive and transmit beamforming for a wireless network which consists of one relay node equipped with multiple antennas. The transmitter and the receiver are single antenna ... -
Jointly optimal pre- and post-channel equalization and distributed beamforming in asynchronous bi-directional relay networks
(2015-09-01)We consider an asynchronous two-way relay network, consisting of two transceivers and multiple relays, where due to the propagation delays of different transceiver-relay paths being different, inter-symbol- interference ... -
JoVA-hinge: joint variational autoencoders for personalized recommendation with implicit feedback
(2020-12-01)Recently, Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) have shown remarkable performance in collaborative filtering (CF) with implicit feedback. These existing recommendation models learn user representations to reconstruct or predict ...