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Study of fuzzy logic in safety and control systems in nuclear power plants
(2016-03-01)
Safety and control systems in Nuclear Power Plants are essentially run without intelligent systems. As nuclear industry starts to become more advanced and vendors are starting to manufacture more advance products, old ...
Specifics of forced-convection heat transfer to supercritical water flowing upward in annular and bundle flow geometries
(2016-08-01)
Since annulus- and bundle-flow geometries impede coolant flow, heat transfer to the coolant would occur differently than in bare tubes. The main objective of this work is to propose and verity a universal method to accurately ...
Design of a fault tolerant control scheme based on sliding mode for Canadian supercritical water reactor
(2016-08-01)
Canadian Super Critical Water Reactor (SCWR) is one of the Generation IV reactor types and possible heat source for co-hydrogen production through copper chlorine thermochemical cycle. To maintain the balance between the ...
An investigation of adolescent girls’ critical media health literacy in a body-positive program
(2016-01-01)
This Master’s thesis describes a research study that examines media artifacts created by 26 adolescent girls participating in a four-week body-positive program. Employing a qualitative case study method, this study explores ...
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 ...
Assessing the impact of a virtual lab in an allied health program
(2016-01-01)
Demonstrating laboratory skills and competency in a hands-on laboratory requires effective pre-laboratory preparation, knowledge, and experience, all of which can be difficult to achieve using traditional teaching methods. ...
An examination of laptop-based off-task behaviours in secondary school classrooms
(2016-01-01)
The purpose of this study was to examine factors that affect secondary school students’ off-task behaviours in laptop-based classrooms. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 224 secondary school students ...
Examining students’ attitudes toward blended learning in adult literacy and basic skills programs
(2016-03-01)
Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) programs offer adult learners, with low literacy and basic skills, opportunities to improve employment skills and pre-requisite courses for entrance into post-secondary education. Barriers ...
Development and investigation of compressed air only and hybrid powering options
(2016-04-01)
Currently, significant resources are deployed to investigate electric and pneumatic vehicles in response to environmental, energy and consumer pressures. The goal of this thesis is to show conceptual development, analyze, ...
Development of FEA wide-base truck tire and soil interaction models
(2016-07-01)
Tires are considered one of the most important components of ground vehicles as they are the only link between the chassis and ground. They support the vehicle weight and cushion road surface irregularities to provide a ...