Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Dynamic fuzzy reliability and safety assessment of passive safety systems in small modular reactors
(2023-04-01)Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) have garnered significant interest in recent years, and they may play an essential role in the future of energy supply and power generation. One major advantage associated with SMRs is their ... -
Dynamic probabilistic network protection in large-scale failure scenarios
(2015-01-01)Large-scale failure resulting from natural disasters or intentional attacks is now considered a serious risk for communication network infrastructure. In these events, simultaneous damages in several links and nodes may ... -
Dynamic safety assessment of FPGA-based safety critical systems with applications in nuclear power generation
(2016-12-01)Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAS) are a type on integrated circuit that is configured by the end user to perform desired digital logic functions. FPGAs do not run any software or operating system, as the logic functions ... -
Dynamic square patterns in two dimensional neural fields
(2015-07-29)The goal of this thesis is to study the emergence of spatiotemporal waves in neural field models. Neural field models aim to describe the activity of populations of neurons at a mesoscopic scale, considering averaged ... -
A dynamic visual analytics framework for complex temporal environments
(2016-08-01)Introduction: Data streams are produced by sensors that sample an external system at a periodic interval. As the cost of developing sensors continues to fall, an increasing number of data stream acquisition systems have ... -
Dynamical effects in crystalline solid state systems: theory of temperature dependent optical response of bulk gaAs and vibrational modification of C(111) 2 x 1 Surface in Comparison to Experiment
(2009-08-01)This thesis presents a new theoretical formalism which incorporates dynamical effects in atomistic electronic structure and related calculations. This research, fundamental by nature, brings about a deeper understanding ... -
E-fencing detection: mining online classified ad websites for stolen property.
(2014-09-01)With the emergence of e-fencing, there presents a need to automate both the detection of ads selling stolen property and the reporting process for victims. This thesis presents a framework that dynamically retrieves and ... -
Early detection of cyber-physical attacks in electric vehicles fast charging stations using machine learning
(2021-08-01)In smart grids, the concept of “vehicle-to-grid” allows the electric vehicles to export power to the grid to support the electric utilities in the power distribution system’s operation. The implementation of such a concept ... -
Easy skins, easy life: a chronological case study of loot boxes and transferable cosmetic items in the video game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
(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, ... -
Echo: reconstructing gameplay sessions for analysis
(2021-04-01)We created Echo, a tool designed to help bridge the gap between game analytics and video footage analysis. Echo reconstructs gameplay sessions from recorded data and presents them with their original graphics. A comparative ... -
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 ... -
Educating students about mental illness: ethnic students' perspective of the effectiveness of a web-based educational tool
(2012-04-01)Rationale: Mental health (MH) issues are increasing on post-secondary campuses particularly with ethnic students. This study aimed to establish the effectiveness of web-based MH education. Methods: A three-phase design was ... -
Effect of an emotional situation on decision recipients' and decision makers' justice appraisals.
(2013-09-01)Previous procedural and distributive justice theories have not accounted for the vivid and emotionally compelling situations in which people often make justice judgments. In this study I investigated whether previous theory ... -
The effect of atlanto-occipital manipulation on neck and shoulder proprioception and range of motion: a randomized controlled trial
(2021-12-01)Long-term neck pain is associated to maladaptive neuroplastic alterations in the brain, that affect head and neck proprioception. The One to Zero (OTZ) tension technique aims to correct dysfunction between the occiput (C0) ... -
The effect of concurrent mental and physical fatigue on physical endurance performance, strength and muscle activity: a pilot study
(2021-10-01)A significant amount of research focus has been dedicated to physical and mental fatigue individually, but their combined effects on physical performance are relatively underexplored. As such, the purpose of this pilot ... -
Effect of copper contamination at the cathode in Cu-Cl electrolyzers for hydrogen production
(2020-04-01)In this work the effects of copper contamination on the coulombic and voltage efficiency of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) via the Cu-Cl thermochemical cycle are investigated. A novel proton pump configuration was ... -
Effect of cutting tool microgeometry when milling hardened steels, a finite element simulation and surface integrity analysis
(2021-01-01)This research work presents a 3D finite element model for the milling of hardened steels. The model was developed using ABAQUS/Explicit software and the Lagrangian approach was utilized. Experimental milling tests were ... -
Effect of diameter ratios on the flow-sound interaction of the straight circular finned cylinders
(2020-01-01)Finned tubes that are widely used in heat exchangers could be susceptible to the flow-excited acoustic resonance that generates intense pressure fluctuations, which may lead to premature fatigue failure of the tubes. This ... -
The effect of experimental pain on motor training performance and sensorimotor integration
(2012-07-01)Sensorimotor integration (SMI) is the ability of the central nervous system (CNS) to integrate afferent (incoming) information from different body parts and formulate appropriate motor output to muscles. Effective sensorimotor ... -
The effect of experimental pain on neural function and motor learning
(2017-04-01)This thesis investigated whether acute experimental pain interacts with motor learning acquisition to create adaptive and maladaptive changes in neural function. The first study consisted of two experiments where we ...