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A graph-based real-time spatial sound framework
(2020-01-01)
Given the importance of sound, and our ability to localize sound sources in three-dimensions in the real world, incorporating spatial sound in virtual environments can help increase realism, improve the sense of “presence”, ...
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. ...
A method to detect and represent temporal patterns from time series data and its application for analysis of physiological data streams
(2020-03-01)
In critical care, complex systems and sensors continuously monitor patients’ physiological features such as heart rate, respiratory rate thus generating significant amounts of data every second. This results to more than ...
Towards implicit learning of system-assigned authentication tokens
(2018-02-01)
People tend to choose predictable passwords which are vulnerable to guessing attacks. To combat the security issue, system-assigned authentication keys were proposed, but coming at a cost to memorability. In this thesis, ...
The ecotoxicological effects of metformin and its metabolite, guanylurea, on Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)
(2018-08-01)
Human pharmaceutical waste threatens many natural processes of non-target aquatic organisms, through the introduction of such contaminants into the environment. Pharmaceuticals are a large and diverse groups of medicinal ...
The impact of restricted ration and chemical stressors on Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and American flagfish (Jordanella floridae)
(2017-12-01)
This research aimed to increase the understanding of the impact of multiple factors including both environmental and chemical stressors and their effects on fish survival, growth, and reproduction. Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus ...
The Effects of 17α-Ethinylestradiol (EE2) and Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin (HPβCD) on the heart rate and metabolism of Embryonic Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes)
(2019-04-01)
Estrogen toxicity has been an area of priority in aquatic toxicology over the last 20 years. The toxicity of a known estrogen mimic, 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), has been attributed to classical estrogen signaling within ...
Monolayer terpyridyl metal complexes for high-efficiency electrochromic materials
(2021-08-01)
Electrochromic materials (ECMs) can change their color with changes of applied electrochemical potential. Currently, the use of ECMs in the industry is limited to mainly inorganic metal oxides, conjugated conducting polymers, ...
Water quality and biotic community response to an urban – rural land-use gradient in the Lake Simcoe watershed
(2020-06-01)
Most research in the Lake Simcoe watershed (LSW) has focused on how the lake has responded to changes in nutrients sourced by agriculture, particularly after mitigation measures have been put in place to remedy the lake’s ...
Characterization of the ACC-1 Family of cys-loop ligand gated ion channels from the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus.
(2020-12-01)
Nematode cys-loop ligand-gated ion channels (LGICs) have been extensively studied for decades because of their role in current anthelmintic action and potential as targets for future drugs. Many families of cys loop receptors ...