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Showing 1 to 20 of 1009 for “"The University of Western Ontario"”.
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PERCEPTIONS OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SPORT: A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS (1965-1970)
The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the effect of participation in intercollegiate sport on the leadership success of former student-athletes who played intercollegiate basketball for The University of Western Ontario between 1965 and 1970. Thirty participants from these teams, …
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A climatology of the stratospheric temperature using purple crow raman lidar
The Purple Crow Lidar (PCL) is located at the Delaware Observatory (42° 52 N, 81° 23* W, 225 m elevation above sea level) near the campus of The University of Western Ontario. It consists of large power-aperture product monostatic laser radar which can measure temperature in the stratosphere. …
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Sensitivity of Steel Purlins to Changes in Application of Wind Loads
This project studied the effects of wind tunnel test loads applied to purlins in low rise steel buildings compared to those determined with currently recognized wind loading provisions. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) database of low-rise building wind tunnel test data, …
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Absolute molecular electronic spectroscopy at UV and soft X-Ray energies by hihg-energy electron impact
… (cross sections) for electronic excitation of CC14, CH3OH, NH3, CH3NH2, (CH3)2NH, and (CH3)3N at energy resolutions in the range 0.048-1.0 eV fwhm. These data have been obtained in the valence, and inner shells (Cl 2p,2s; C is (CC14), and C is (CH3OH)), spanning the visible to soft X-ray …
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Influence of Turbulence on the Aerodynamics of Low-Rise Buildings
During extreme wind events, roofing failures may lead to damage of the whole structure. In order to alleviate the effect, surface pressure coefficients on the roofs have been extensively investigated. This research aims to determine the roof pressures acting on low-rise buildings with consideration …
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Continuous Electrostatic Beneficiation And Surface Conditioning Of Coal
A dry method of coal beneficiation achieved by triboelectrification in a fluidized bed and separation in an electrostatic field has been investigated at The University of Western Ontario for a considerable period of time. This study was undertaken to extend this method from batch to continuous …
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Performance Characterization of Coagulation Pretreatment for Two Industrial Effluents
In this work, performances of coagulation and flocculation were tested for two different industrial effluents. Coagulation-Flocculation and activated carbon adsorption were applied for the remediation of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW), generated from oil sands operations in Alberta, …
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The Potential Role of Cathelicidin Peptides for the Treatment of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Bacterial pneumonia, one of the leading causes of hospitalization and mortality worldwide, is caused by the colonization of invasive bacteria in the airways, leading to pulmonary inflammation and lung dysfunction. The development of antibiotic resistant bacterial infections has limited the …
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Exploring the Health Benefits of Nature for Children in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Settings
A growing body of research suggests that increasing children’s exposure to natural environments can have positive benefits for their overall health and well-being. Using a mixed-methods approach, this thesis uses (a) surveys and spatial analyses within a geographic information system framework to …
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Comparison of DC Motors and Dielectric Elastomer Actuators For Wearable Wrist Exoskeletons
Paralysis or loss of strength resulting from stroke requires patients to undergo extensive rehabilitation therapy. It is known that intensive therapy contributes significantly to recovery, but as the number of surviving stroke patients increases, it is difficult for clinics to provide patients with …
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Computational Studies on Nucleic Acid-Ion Interactions in Droplets and Bulk Solution
Interactions of macromolecules with ions in solution have a long history of study because of their ubiquitous nature. These interactions are essential for the stability and function of macromolecules such as nucleic acids. Nucleic acids are involved in many natural biochemical processes. For …
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Current Implementation of the Flooding Time Synchronization Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks
… sensor networks (WSNs). This issue is due to the complex nature of the wireless medium and can be mitigated with accurate time synchronization. This research focuses on the Flooding Time Synchronization Protocol (FTSP) since it is considered as the gold standard for accuracy in WSNs. FTSP …
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An Experimental Evaluation of Stop-Plosive and Fricative Consonant Intelligibility by Tracheoesophageal Speakers in Quiet and Noise
Despite functional levels of postlaryngectomy communication, individuals who undergo total laryngectomy and tracheoesophageal (TE) puncture voice restoration continue to experience significant communication difficulties in noisy environments. In an effort to identify and further characterize TE …
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Hydrophosphination of Vinylcyclopropane & Quinine for Metal Coordination Chemistry
… ligands play a pivotal role in academia and the chemical industry, facilitating catalytic reactions for producing high value chemicals. Consequently, significant interest exists in developing new and efficient synthetic routes for new phosphorus-containing molecules. One key approach is …
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Synthetic Degradable Polymer Systems for Drug Delivery
… in enhancing treatment outcomes by improving therapeutic efficacy, reducing toxicity, and increasing patient compliance. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease that affects all joint tissues, leading to pain and loss of mobility, with no current disease-modifying drugs available to slow …
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Functional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in First-Episode Schizophrenia: Measuring Glutamate and Glutathione Dynamics at 7-Tesla
… treatment still seem to leave a large portion of affected individuals without proper symptom management, with those experiencing symptom relief still having to wrestle with potential side-effects from medication trials. There has been growing evidence suggesting that glutamate and glutathione …
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Parkinsonian Speech and Voice Quality: Assessment and Improvement
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. Statistics show that nearly 90% of people impaired with PD develop voice and speech disorders. Speech production impairments in PD subjects typically result in hypophonia and consequently, poor speech signal-to-noise …
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Forecasting Energy Consumption using Sequence to Sequence Attention models
… efficiently manage energy consumption. Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including widely-used smart meters, have created possibilities for sensor based energy forecasting. Machine learning algorithms commonly used for energy forecasting, such as FeedForward Neural Networks, are not well-suited …
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Progress Toward Durable Icephobic Materials
… transportation, and infrastructure. A variety of solutions are being researched to address this challenge. Perhaps the most promising method of combating ice accumulation is by applying coatings with low values of interfacial ice adhesion strength, τice. Icephobic materials are those with ice …
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Identifying External Cross-references using Natural Language Processing (NLP)
[Context and motivation] Software engineers build systems that need to be compliant with relevant regulations. These regulations are stated in authoritative documents from which regulatory requirements need to be elicited. Project contract contains cross-references to these regulatory requirements …
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