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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 ... -
"Walking the talk" in the integration of chronic disease prevention management: dietitians' perspectives regarding diabetes management in adult peritoneal dialysis programs in Ontario
(2011-08-01)Ontario’s Chronic Disease and Prevention Framework (CDPM) is a framework aimed at improving health outcomes and reducing costs. Currently, there is a paucity of data examining diabetes management (DM) in peritoneal dialysis ... -
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 ... -
Well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions and energy use analysis of hypothetical fleet of electrified vehicles in Canada and the U.S.
(2010-12-01)The shift to strong hybrid and electrified vehicle architectures engenders controversy and brings about many unanswered questions. It is unclear whether developed markets will have the infrastructure in place to support ... -
What lies beneath: an examination of the underlying components of deception detection
(2022-12-01)Little is known about the underlying components that are responsible for the processes involved with decision-making in deception detection. Throughout this dissertation, I explored previous (mis)conceptions about ... -
What’s in a name?: Revealing the function of the criminal pseudonym through a content analysis of ten characters in twelve films
(2015-05-01)At times, individuals articulate their criminal identity with the construction of a pseudonym derived from within their subculture. This study assumes there is a value and/or purpose in the construction, cultivation and ... -
A whole new world: the experiences of adolescents with beta-thalassemia major as they transition to adult care
(2018-04-01)Beta-thalassemia Major (b-TM) is a chronic medical condition. Effective illness management requires adherence to arduous medical treatment to ensure a life free of life-threatening complications. This qualitative study ... -
Why would someone send me that?! Exploring the prevalence, contexts, motivations, and predictors of sending unsolicited sexual images
(2021-08-01)Technology has afforded the development of new ways to perpetrate non-consensual sexual acts, one being sending unsolicited sexual images (USIs). This thesis examined this underexplored act by examining the prevalence, ... -
Willingness to help: how the portrayal and perception of a wrongfully convicted individual affects people’s willingness to help exonerees
(2021-08-01)Currently, in Canada there is no legal requirement to compensate exonerees (Roach, 2012), and despite research suggesting Canadians would be supportive of this government assistance for exonerees (Angus Reid, 1995; Clow, ... -
A wireless communication based active safety system for articulated heavy vehicles
(2020-04-01)To date, various active safety systems, have been developed to improve the safety of road vehicles. This dissertation presents a novel active trailer steering (ATS) system using wireless communication to exchange data among ... -
Wireless transmission with energy harvesting and storage
(2017-01-01)In this dissertation, online power control strategies are proposed for wireless communication systems equipped with energy harvesting devices and finite-capacity batteries. The methods are proposed for the unbounded ... -
With a little help from my friends: Exploring the perceptions and utility of partners of drug crime.
(2013-07-01)Co-offending and drug crime scholarship have rarely crossed paths. Whenever co-offending and drug crime are investigated together, the work is almost always quantitative. Thus much remains unknown about why drug dealers ... -
The workplace writing experiences of EAL (English as an Additional Language) professionals: five case studies
(2021-02-01)A review of the literature on English second language (L2) writing skills reveals a need for more research on the workplace writing experiences of L2 professionals employed in English as an Additional Language (EAL) contexts. ... -
The World Trade Web: using network analysis and machine learning as tools for public policy decision-making
(2020-11-01)The World Trade Web (WTW) contains a wealth of information that upon rigorous analysis can aid governments in public policy decision-making. In my attempt to provide this valuable input, this dissertation uses two main ... -
Yield estimation and smart harvesting for precision agriculture using deep learning
(2021-08-01)Precision agriculture is one of the fastest growing fields in recent years. In this thesis, we introduce a framework that provides farmers with a yield estimation from videos of crops and provides guided assistance for ... -
Young adults’ understandings of their transition out of the child welfare system
(2021-07-01)This dissertation examines care leavers’ first-hand experiences of negative outcomes through a theoretical lens. Regardless of multiple, intersecting identities and structural changes, youth in the Ontario child welfare ... -
Youth and at-risk behavior: the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in the Caribbean Island of Dominica
(2021-09-01)Hurricane devastation in the Caribbean has become a very common phenomenon over the past decades, and the destruction that follows comes with severe implications for the people directly affected by it. This study aims to ... -
Youth correctional officer orientation and opinions on relationships with youth
(2021-08-01)This study explored the personal perspectives of current and past youth correctional officers within secure and open custody facilities in Ontario. A multi-methods design was used to examine officers’ orientation to their ... -
Youth homelessness: an exploration into the desire for family reunification
(2021-08-01)With family conflict serving as the predominant underlying factor that leads to youth homelessness, family has often been framed as “the problem.” As such, many youth services have ignored the role of family as potential ...