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Title Catalytic Gasification of Activated Sludge in Near-critical Water

Excerpt This thesis was the report of the research done on the near-critical water gasification (NCWG) as an application for activated sludge treatment. The research started with the use of model compounds and binary mixtures of these compounds as feeds for the NCWG. High gasification yields were obtained using a commercial catalyst (Raney nickel), and it […]

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Author Afif, Elie Jose Antonio

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SDGs Clean Water and Sanitation

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Title Leaf Area Index, Carbon Cycling Dynamics and Ecosystem Resilience in Mountain Pine Beetle Affected Areas of British Columbia from 1999 to 2008

Excerpt The affect on leaf area index (LAI) and net ecosystem production (NEP) of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) (MPB) outbreak in British Columbia affecting lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) forests was examined from 1999 to 2008. The process-based carbon (C) cycle model – Boreal Ecosystem Productivity Simulator (BEPS) with remotely sensed LAI inputs […]

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Author Czurylowicz, Peter

Advisor Chen, Jing Ming

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SDGs Reduced Inequalities

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Title Bill C-510 and the Dilemma of Difference: Assessing the Role of Anti-violence Legislation in the Woman-protective Anti-abortion Movement

Excerpt Recently, some in the anti-abortion movement have begun to assert that abortion harms women and access to abortion should be restricted or prohibited to protect women’s rights. This paper suggests that woman-protective anti-abortion (“WPA”) arguments could become more recognizable in Canada if other kinds of woman-protective legislation are adopted. In particular, this paper focuses on […]

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Author Davies, Cara Elizabeth Jr.

Advisor Reaume, Denise

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SDGs Gender EqualityPeace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Title Nutrient Cycling and Water Pollution in Lake Zapotlan, Mexico

Excerpt Lake Zapotlán is a small (1100 ha) endorheic lake in western Mexico that is internationally recognized by RAMSAR. It receives point source pollution from partially treated sewage from two surrounding cities, as well as non-point sources, including urban runoff, agricultural runoff, erosion and consequent deposition of sediment as a result of deforestation surrounding the Lake. […]

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Author Greenberg, Tracie

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SDGs Clean Water and SanitationLife on LandResponsible Consumption and Production

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Title Sodium Ascorabe as a Potent Stimulator of Elastic Fiber Production

Excerpt The complicated problem of efficient stimulation of elastic fiber production in already developed human tissues has not yet been solved. The present study introduces sodium ascorbate (SA) as a stimulator of elastogenesis in cultures of different cell types including fibroblasts isolated from patients with elastopathy genetic diseases. We then elucidated mechanisms of elastogenic action of […]

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Author Hyunjun, Kim

Advisor Hinek, Aleksander

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Title Further Than Pluto: A Novel and Compendium Based on a Real Case of a Young Woman’s Struggle with Autism, Communication, and the Paradox of Simultaneously Inviting in and Shutting out the World

Excerpt This thesis is divided into three texts. The first is a compendium, which situates the major themes of the second text (a fictitious novel) into a scholarly context and delves into the broader academic questions that arise from it regarding the treatment and care of people with special needs. Those themes are put into a […]

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Author Johnson, Sigrid

Advisor Cole, Ardra ||Cooper, Karyn

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Title Electroless Copper Deposition: A Sustainable Approach

Excerpt A sustainable electroless copper coating process was developed for plating automotive fasteners shaped from AISI 9255 low carbon, high silicon steel. The objective was to minimize the ionic and organic species present in each step of the plating process. A sulfuric acid solution inhibited with quinine was defined to clean the steel prior to plating. […]

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Author Kutnahorsky, Marika Renée

Advisor Thorpe, Steven J. ||Kirk, Donald W.

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SDGs Affordable and Clean Energy

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Title Educating for Citizenship in the English Secondary Classroom: A Case Study of Teacher Perspectives and Practice in Public and Islamic Schools in Ontario

Excerpt This thesis explores the extent to which English curriculum, teachers’ literary choices, and a high demographic of Muslim students, influence the way English teachers educate for citizenship, in public and Islamic schools in Ontario. The three aspects this thesis examines are the following: how English teachers conceptualize citizenship education using informed, purposeful, and active citizenship […]

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Author Somani, Reshma

Advisor Cameron, Linda

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Title The Role of Democratic Family and School Environment in Urban and Rural Chinese Adolescents’ Attitudes about Children’s Rights and their Psychological Well-being

Excerpt This study examined the significance of perceived parent and teacher support for autonomy and responsiveness, along with perceptions of democratic social organization, in the development of conceptions of children’s rights. Relations between these family and school environments and adolescents’ psychological well-being were also examined and a contrast between urban and rural settings within mainland China […]

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Author To, Kim Lun Sharon

Advisor Helwig, Charles C.

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Title A Critical Analysis of the Activities of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to Promote Equity and Access in the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for Education in Ghana: 2005-2010

Excerpt Canada supports developmental efforts in Ghana through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). This dissertation investigates how Canada partners with Ghana to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for education by 2015. The study focuses on achieving equity and access to education in Ghana, and examines how far Ghana’s policy and Canada’s aims and objectives […]

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Author Akanmori, Harriet

Advisor Dei, George Jerry Sefa

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