• Raising the bar for password crackers: improving the quality of honeywords with deep neural networks 

  Yu, Fangyi (2022-12-01)

  Honeywords are fictitious passwords inserted into databases in order to identify password breaches. Producing honeywords that are difficult to distinguish from actual passwords automatically is a time-consuming and ...

• A comparative study of braille as a tactile orthography with the auditory orthography oval to teach reading to preliterate, English as an additional language, adult learners who have visual disabilities 

  Strutzenberger, Michelle J. (2022-12-01)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the affordances of the tactile orthography of braille in comparison with the newly developed auditory orthography of OVAL for teaching reading to preliterate, English as an ...

• Negative emotion and eyewitness memory 

  Snow, Mark D. (2022-12-01)

  Witnessing or being the victim of a crime is often emotionally distressing, and this emotional distress reaction can influence the storage and retrieval of event-related memory. Eyewitness memory, therefore, cannot be ...

• Development of a novel consensus-building methodology to design valid simulation-based medical education-supporting technologies 

  Sivanathan, Mithusa (2022-12-01)

  Industry 4.0 has introduced new combinations of technologies that have the potential to revolutionize the way in which medical education, more specifically healthcare simulation, is delivered. However, the integration of ...

• Barriers to patient enrolment in oncology clinical trials at a Canadian regional cancer centre: a mixed methods study 

  Singson, Angelina R. (2022-12-01)

  Background: Randomized controlled trials are required to assess the safety and efficacy of new cancer medications in humans for marketing approval. Thereby, efforts to inform strategies to improve low enrolment rates are ...

• Agent-based modeling framework for adaptive cyber defence of the Internet of Things 

  Rafferty, Laura (2022-12-01)

  The adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to increase significantly, introducing unique challenges and threats to cybersecurity. In parallel, adaptive and autonomous cyber defence has become an emerging research ...

• Easy skins, easy life: a chronological case study of loot boxes and transferable cosmetic items in the video game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 

  Nguyen, Phillip (2022-12-01)

  Video game publishers have continually developed novel methods of maximizing revenues from video game titles. Modern gaming customarily involves paid downloadable content that further monetizes a base game. Loot boxes, ...

• Molecular dynamics simulations and neural network solutions for applications in biophysics 

  Nagel, Andrew (2022-12-01)

  As computing resources evolved and became more accessible over time, much of scientific research shifted towards utilizing computational techniques. In particular, biophysics is a field of science that has continually ...

• Virtual machine detection through Central Processing Unit (CPU) detail anomalies 

  Mettrick, David (2022-12-01)

  Malware analysts commonly use virtual machines to provide safe environments to study malware. Malware authors in response, include virtual machine detection functions in their malware so it changes its behavior should a ...

• Design synthesis of NLMPC-based tracking controller for autonomous vehicles with active aerodynamic control 

  Mao, Chunyu (2022-12-01)

  The past three decades have witnessed extensive studies on tracking-control for autonomous vehicles (AVs). However, there is a lack of studies on effective design methods in this field. To tackle this problem, this thesis ...

• Guiding pre-service teachers to making 

  Lam, Margie S. (2022-12-01)

  As our society becomes further driven by technology, schools need to consider adopting student-centered maker pedagogies that harness the capabilities of technology while disrupting traditional teacher-centered learning. ...

• Defect detection using 3D computed tomography images and application on nuclear power plants 

  Khan, Md. Jamiul Alam (2022-12-01)

  Tools used in nuclear power plant (NPP) inspection are required to be inspected before and after use on a reactor to check their integrity. To address the long duration required for manual inspection, non-destructive testing ...

• Synthesis, characterization and biological investigation of self-delivering and modified short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) 

  Salim, Lidya (2021-07-01)

  Aberrant gene expression is a hallmark of disease, so it is of great interest to develop targeted therapies that provide a means to regulate gene expression. The RNA interference pathway serves as a natural defense system ...

• Comparative economic analysis of conventional and plug-in battery electric vehicles in Canada 

  Muaz ur Rehman, Muhammad (2022-12-01)

  Conventional vehicles typically use gasoline for their internal combustion engines (ICEs). On the other hand, plug-in battery electric vehicles (PBEVs) use electricity to charge their batteries, so they do not need gasoline. ...

• Development of a point-kinetics simulator for molten-salt reactors 

  Mazher, Momal (2022-08-01)

  Molten-salt-fueled reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors that use a mixture of fissile material and molten fluoride salts as both fuel and primary coolant. Such reactors, which can operate at low pressure and high ...

• Student webcam use and its impacts on teacher self-efficacy, engagement, and well-being: a literature review 

  Lee, Melanie E. (2022-11-01)

  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in March 2020, higher education institutions around the globe had to quickly pivot online. Since then, many schools have relied on video conferencing platforms equipped with webcams ...

• Collision detection in smart-cities by using co-simulation 

  Karre, Anukruthi (2022-11-01)

  Road traffic has become prominent in everyday living, impacting or disrupting services to people and daily routines. With the rise in automobile manufacturing and the frequency of vehicle crashes, human catastrophes, like ...

• Fidelity in simulation-based training in diverse professions: a proposed taxonomy 

  Jones, Morgan A. (2022-10-01)

  This paper examines the concept of fidelity within simulation-based training (SBT) across multiple professional fields. This paper: develops a taxonomy to classify tasks trained via SBT across diverse professional fields; ...

• Incorporating digital play into scientific inquiry 

  Jacob, Evelynn (2022-12-01)

  Play and inquiry have been recognised as effective facets of learning science (Vartiainen et al., 2020). Several researchers have highlighted the importance of incorporating digital play into K-12 students’ science education ...

• Abbott Elementary’s principal Ava Coleman - a contrast for Black female administrators 

  Elango, Gillian (2022-11-01)

  Using Mikos’ (2014) film analysis technique, the role of Ava Coleman in the mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary is dissected and contrasted to the researched experiences of Black women principals. The research on Black ...

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