Browsing Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies by Title
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Using detection in depth to counter SCADA-specific advanced persistent threats
(2014-04-01)A heavy focus has recently been placed on the current state of each country’s critical infrastructure security. Unfortunately, widely deployed supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) protocols provide little ... -
Using machine learning methods to aid scientists in laboratory environments
(2019-12-01)As machine learning gains popularity as a scientific instrument, we look to create methods to implement it as a laboratory tool for researchers. In the first of two projects, we discuss creating a real-time interference ... -
Using MELCOR with enhanced predictive capabilities via Thermochimica to model two severe accident cases of a generic BWR with Zry-2 and FeCrAl
(2022-07-01)The primary goal of this work was to enhance MELCOR’s material modelling capabilities via one-way coupling of Thermochimica. MELCOR is a state-of-the-art code used to simulate the severe accident progression of a nuclear ... -
Using music to motivate movement in children aged 4-6 years with autism spectrum disorder
(2016-09-01)Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an umbrella term used to describe a group of disorders of brain development usually diagnosed in early childhood. Children with ASD experience difficulties in social skills, communication ... -
Using Rabin-Karp fingerprints and LevelDB for faster searches
(2012-12-01)This thesis represents the results of a study into using fingerprints generated according to the Rabin-Karp Algorithm, and a database LevelDB to achieve Text Search times below GREP, which is a standard command-line UNIX ... -
Using the evidence-development-validation-consensus (EDVC) approach to develop an online training program for healthcare professionals and laypeople to provide outside-hospital cardiac arrest care in rural and remote places
(2023-09-01)Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated challenges in delivering cardiac arrest (CA) courses in remote and rural (R&R) areas and affected training for laypeople (LP) and healthcare professionals (HCPs). Due to the ... -
Utilization of thermal plasma for conversion of thermoplastic waste to oil products in a pyrolysis reaction
(2016-11-01)Chemical recycling of waste plastics has gained attention in last decade with nearly 170 million tonnes of deposited waste plastics annually. A chemical process known as pyrolysis converts thermoplastic waste to oil products. ... -
A variational approach to mapping: an exploration of map representation for SLAM
(2012-07-01)Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms are used by autonomous robots to build or update maps of an environment while maintaining their position simultaneously. A fundamental open problem in SLAM is the e ... -
Vector occluders: an empirical approximation for rendering global illumination effects in real-time
(2013-02-01)Precomputation has been previously used as a means to get global illumination effects in real-time on consumer hardware of the day. Our work uses Sloan’s 2002 PRT method as a starting point, and builds on it with two new ... -
Vehicular infotainment forensics: collecting data and putting it into perspective
(2017-01-01)In today’s transportation system, countless numbers of vehicles are on the road and later generations have become mobile computers. Vehicles now have embedded infotainment systems that enable user-friendliness and ... -
Vibration suppression of straight and curved beams traversed by moving loads
(2011-09-01)Vibration suppression of beams traversed by moving loads, using optimal Tuned-Mass-Damper (TMD) systems, is investigated. This study is performed on two different geometrical shapes of the beam, namely, uniform homogenous ... -
Video game livestream spectator: motivations and behaviours
(2021-12-01)In recent years, video game livestreams have seen tremendous growth, resulting gaps of knowledge regarding studies on the motivations and behaviours of livestream spectators. This thesis presents two studies that intend ... -
Vines of oppression: a review of the literature, educational criticism and narrative analysis of social media research in public education
(2015)This arts-based educational inquiry paper is divided into three main sections; a review of the literature, an educational criticism discussing themes arising from the review of the literature, and a narrative analysis ... -
Virtual communities of practice in simulation-based healthcare education: participation factors and content value assessment
(2016-01-01)This study is the first known formative analysis of simulation-based healthcare education virtual communities of practice (VCoPs). The goal of this study was to analyse the frequency of participation, factors that influence ... -
Virtual drilling haptics perception from auditory cues employing low-end haptic devices
(2018-12-01)Simulation-based training is being widely adopted in medical education because it allows exposing trainees to safe and controlled simulated scenarios otherwise impossible to reproduce in real life. Current advances in ... -
Virtual machine detection through Central Processing Unit (CPU) detail anomalies
(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 ... -
Visual encoding quality and scalability in information visualization
(2019-02-01)Information visualization seeks to amplify cognition through interactive visual representations of data. It comprises human processes, such as perception and cognition, and computer processes, such as visual encoding. ... -
Vixen: a games user research tool for collection and interactive visualization of usertesting data
(2017-08-01)Visualization techniques can facilitate the understanding and exploration of relationships in usertesting data. For example, data from players' in-game movement can be combined with interview data or questionnaire results. ... -
Volunteer educators' perceptions of mentorship involvement: grades 9-12 robotics
(2023-12-01)As non-educators increasingly support volunteer-based STEM programs, adopting pedagogically aligned mentorship training is required to support developing and retaining subject-specific mentorship practices and volunteer ... -
The waging of a virtual war against Islam: an assessment of how post-9/11 war-themed video games stereotype Muslims
(2019-02-01)Research suggests that American popular culture represents Muslim peoples, places, and cultures in ways that perpetuate Islamophobic ideas, and scholars have examined how fictional television shows and films communicate ...