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  • Abbey, Chad
    2009 — Energy storage system optimization and control with wind energy
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    This thesis proposes a methodology for planning, scheduling and on-line control of an energy storage system for the integration of wind energy. Using the case study of a remote wind-diesel system, the different time frames of the design and implementation process are detailed. First, a long-term planning approach for rating of the power and energy capacities of the ESS is presented, based on stochastic optimization. The formulation is then adapted into a hourly scheduling approach and results are compared with the expected cost of energy and energy requirements resulting from the planning study. The optimization results are used as training …  Read more

  • Abdi, Nur M.
    2009 — The role of agricultural research institutions in promoting efficient agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa: a stochastic production frontier approach
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    Through technological progress, agricultural research and development (AgR&D) has in the past raised agricultural yields in the developing world, enabling small scale farmers to meet the domestic and foreign demand for farm products. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where agriculture is the backbone of most economies in the region, AgR&D has been lagging behind compared to other developing regions. This study investigates the contribution of agricultural research to agricultural production in SSA by quantifying the impact of AgR&D on the technical efficiency of agricultural production in the region. We use a unique data provided by the Forum for Agricultural Research in …  Read more

  • Abou Zeid, Elias
    2009 — Multi-rate predictive control scheme for a robotic eye/head system integrating visual and self-motion cues
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    Chez les primates, le réflexe oculovestibulaire (ROV) sert à stabiliser le regard durant les perturbations de la tête. Aussi, les circuits cérébrals internes qui contrôllent les mouvements des yeux opèrent avec des délais beaucoup plus courts que les délais dans les régions de traitement visuels (~2 ms vs. 150 ms). En se basant sur ces faits biologiques, nous présentons un contrôleur de regard biomimétic, unifié, et multi-rate, intégrant les mécanismes du ROV et poursuite (pursuit et saccade) pour un système robotique d’une tête surmontée par deux caméras. Le contrôleur change automatiquement les paramètres dans les circuits prémoteurs partagés affin d’altérner …  Read more

  • Abourbih, Daniel
    2009 — Lysyl Oxidase: A potential modulator of early events in the Uveal Melanoma Metastatic Cascade
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    LOX is a marker of poor prognosis in several malignancies and is hypothesized to promote a migratory phenotype in hypoxic breast carcinomas. This thesis aims to characterize the expression of LOX and LOXL2 in human UM and to evaluate the transcriptional control of LOX under simulated hypoxic conditions. DPA and BAPN, both LOX catalytic inhibitors, were used to evaluate the effect of inhibiting this enzyme on cellular proliferation and invasion. Eighty-one percent of FFPE samples stained positive for LOX. High LOX expression correlated with the aggressive epithelioid cell type and was associated with shorter metastasis-free survival. Simulated hypoxia resulted in …  Read more

  • Abu Dayyeh, Issa
    2009 — Alteration of macrophage signalling and functions by the protozoan parasite «Leishmania»
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    Les parasites du genre Leishmania assurent leur survie et leur propagation par l'altération de voies de signalisation impliquées dans la capacité des macrophages (MØs) à détruire directement les pathogènes ou à activer les cellules du système immunitaire acquis. Une étape critique de ce mécanisme d'inactivation est l'activation par Leishmania de la protéine phosphatase SHP-1 de la cellule hôte. Il a été démontré que la protéine SHP-1 peut inactiver directement JAK2 ainsi que Erk1/2 et joue un rôle dans la régulation négative de plusieurs facteurs de transcription, tels que NF-κB, STAT-1α et AP-1, impliqués dans l'activation des MØs. L'altération de ces …  Read more

  • Abualethem Nsour, Mohammad Fahed
    2009 — Rethinking the world trade order: towards a better legal understanding of the role of regionalism in the multilateral trade regime
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    Les Accords commerciaux régionaux (ACR) se sont multipliés à un rythme sans précédent depuis la création de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC). Bien que l'OMC reconnaisse légalement aux pays le droit de former des accords commerciaux régionaux, ni l'OMC, ni les parties aux ACR ont une compréhension claire de la relation entre l'OMC et les accords commerciaux régionaux. En d'autres termes, les controverses juridiques résultant du flou relatif à l'application de règles de l'OMC / GATT risquent de nuire aux objectifs du système commercial multilatéral.Cette thèse aborde un phénomène qui est le plus souvent considéré comme relevant essentiellement des domaines …  Read more

  • Achkar, Tala
    2009 — The expression and role of «Tmed2»/TMED2 during the development of the murine embryo and placenta
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    Normal development of the placenta is crucial for embryonic survival and growth. Tmed2 is a gene, which has been found to be necessary for the formation of the labyrinth layer of the placenta, as well as for embryonic development. The objectives of this thesis are to: describe the transcripts of Tmed2 using Northern Blot analysis; elucidate the expression pattern of Tmed2 in the developing embryo and placenta using whole mount and section in situ hybridization; determine whether homozygous mutant embryos (Tmed299J/99J) are undergoing ER stress using RT-PCR. Tmed2 has three transcripts; however, only one of these transcripts contains exon 1 …  Read more

  • Adjemian-Baskerville, Maro
    2009 — Medicine from the forest: the impact of deforestation on medicinal plant availability and use in the Bilili Game Management Area, Southern Zambia
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    Globally, deforestation is threatening medicinal plant species. Concern about this process has led to renewed interest in medicinal plant research, in an effort to discover medicinal properties before species become extinct. However, little research has been done on the local social impacts of deforestation in regions where populations depend on medicinal plants for their primary health care. This study investigates the impact of deforestation on medicinal plant availability and use in the Bilili Game Management Area in southern Zambia, where rapid deforestation is taking place, and where the local population uses medicinal plants extensively. Despite ongoing deforestation, this study found …  Read more

  • Afara, Nadia
    2009 — Modification of a gold surface with mixed alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers and fibronectin: design of surfaces for controlled cell/surface interactions
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    This research is based on the hypothesis that by permanently immobilizing Fibronectin (FN) on a metal substrate surface, it will be possible to enhance endothelial cells (EC)/surface interactions. FN was covalently bound onto self assembled monolayers (SAMs) modified gold surfaces with COOH terminal groups. SAMs composed of various surface ratios of X/COOH (X=CH3, OH, NH2) were formed in order to control the surface conformation of FN by modulating the surface charge (potential) and wettability. Human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) attachment and proliferation onto such surfaces was investigated. Results have shown that SAM and SAM-protein surfaces are stable with time. …  Read more

  • Afshar, Khashayar
    2009 — Diet-dependent regulation of labial salivary genes in the beet armyworm, «Spodoptera exigua»
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    La chenille de Spodoptera exigua est capable de nourrir sur les plantes malgré ses défenses anti-herbivores, grâce à des enzymes salivaires. Un de ces enzymes salivaires capable de combattre les defenses, glucose oxidase (GOX), est aussi régulé par la diète avec laquelle la chenille se nourrit. Il est donc important d'identifier la réglementation des produits salivaires comme GOX. Ce projet vise à déterminer les tendances de transcription et d'activité enzymatique de trois gènes salivaires (Se1H, Se2J et SeGox) en réponse de différentes diètes. De plus, les régions en amont des gènes salivaires ont tentées être séquencer afin de trouver des …  Read more

  • Agha, Golareh
    2009 — Life course socioeconomic position and ankle-brachial index
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    Les mécanismes par lesquels la situation socio-économique (SSE) pourrait influencer les maladies cardiovasculaires (MCV) ne sont pas bien définis. Les objectifs de cette étude sont d'examiner la relation entre la SSE au cours d'une vie et l'athérosclérose sous-clinique, telle que mesurée par le "Indice de Pression Cheville Brachial ABPI", aussi connu sous le nom de "index ABPI''. Les participants (n=1454) provenaient de l'étude de cohortes Framingham Heart Study Offspring. La SSE cumulative a été calculée en additionnant les résultats pour la SSE durant l'enfance (scolarité du père), la SSE durant la period le jeune et l'adolescence (sa propre scolarité) et …  Read more

  • Agrawal, Punit
    2009 — Program navigation analysis using machine learning
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    Robillard, Martin (Internal/Supervisor)  Read more

  • Ahmed, Khawtar
    2009 — A PM-IRRAS study of the influence of surface potential on the kinetics and thermodynamics of bovine serum albumin (BSA) adsorption on a 316LVM stainless steel surface
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    Résumé Ce Mémoire discute de l‟influence de la charge de surface (i.e. potentiel de la surface) sur la cinétique et la thermodynamique de l‟adsorption du sérum de l‟albumine bovin (BSA) sur la surface d‟acier inoxydable de calibre biomédical. La technique de la spectroscopie de modulation de polarisation en réflexion infrarouge (PM-IRRAS) fut efficacement utilisée pour cet objectif. Il fut observé que la cinétique d‟adsorption du BSA sur une surface de 316LVM est fortement dépendante sur le potentiel de surface. Lorsque le potentiel de surface augmente, les valeurs de plus en plus négatives, le taux d‟adsorption initiale de BSA ainsique sa …  Read more

  • Aikens, Kathleen
    2009 — Heterogeneity in a temperate forest canopy: describing patterns of distribution and depredation of arthropod assemblages
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    La disponibilité et la qualité des ressources diffèrent à travers le gradient spatial vertical d'une forêt. On prédit que les communautés d'arthropodes se distribuent suivant ces ressources tout en évitant les prédateurs. J'ai investigué la distribution verticale à petite échelle des araignées et des coléoptères dans la canopée d'une érablière à sucre (Acer saccharum Marsh.). En comparant quatre strate d'élévation (de la strate arbustive à la haute canopée), j'ai documenté les gradients de densité et de diversité ainsi que la composition en espèce, incluant une plus forte réponse au gradient vertical de la part des assemblages d'araignées. J'ai employé le …  Read more

  • Airton, Elizabeth
    2009 — What do we mean by 'gender' and how should it be addressed? Exploring the inclusion of gender in a teacher education curriculum
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    Dans l'éducation, 'le genre' est systématiquement mobilisé comme un corps de connaissance 'de sens commun' qui peut être librement invoquée. Ce projet appelle de telles pratiques de connaissance comme les objets de privilège 'gender-normative' et lie la connaissance 'comment faire' par rapport au genre transmise par les programmes d'éducation d'enseignant (TEP) à la normalisation de genre dans les écoles. Cette étude transformationnelle de méthodes mélangées de 'contenu du genre' dans le programme d'études du TEP à l'Université McGill a incorporé analyses tant quantitatives que qualitatives de données cueillies de tous les plans de cours disponibles entre 2001 et 2008. Les …  Read more

  • Aïssiou, Tayeb
    2009 — Semiclassical limits of eigenforms and eigenfunctions on n-dimensional tori
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    In this thesis, we study the rate of convergence of eigenfunctions of the Laplace operator on $n$-dimensional at tori. After stating some well known results about the convergence of the eigenfunctions and their Fourier expansion due to Bourgain, Jakobson, and Mockenhaupt, we prove Jakobson's conjecture, which states that the Fourier expansion of the square of eigenfunctions on $n$-dimensional tori are in $l^n$. The proof is given by a geometric lemma that uses the convexity of $S^n$  Read more

  • Akter, Rahima
    2009 — Role of lamin A/C in the cellular features of age-related bone loss
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    Lamin A/C, an important component of the nuclear envelope, has been associated with cell differentiation and tissue development. In bone, recent studies have described that altered function of lamin A/C, due to mutations or incorrect processing, is associated with accelerated and severe bone loss. This could be due to alterations in the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) induced by lack of lamin A/C activity. Therefore, considering that decreased osteoblastogenesis and increased adipogenesis are the characteristic changes observed within bone marrow microenvironment that leads to age-related bone loss, we have studied the effect of inhibition of lamin A/C on MSC …  Read more

  • Al Assaad, Sevin
    2009 — Biochemical system simulation on a heterogeneous multicore processor
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    Biological system simulation is an increasingly popular field of study that provides biologists with the tools necessary to simulate biochemical systems in order to obtain quantitative models. The purpose of this thesis is to describe an accelerated version of GridCell, a stochastic biological system simulator. GridCell tracks each individual particle's location in the system, as well as the time evolution of the concentration of each species involved. It simulates molecular diffusion via Brownian movements, and particle interactions are dependent on their locations. We present here a parallel adaptation of the algorithm, implemented on a heterogeneous multicore processor, i.e. IBM Cell …  Read more

  • Al Maleh, Hussam
    2009 — A vector Element-Free Galerkin method for waveguide eigenvalue problems
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    Meshless Methods such as the Element-Free Galerkin (EFG) method have been proposed as an improvement over Finite-Element Methods because they do not require a mesh. In electromagnetics, they have largely been applied to scalar, quasi-static, deterministic problems. This thesis considers an EFG method for a vector, wave, eigenvalue problem: finding the TM modes of a waveguide using the transverse magnetic field as the unknown. Two approaches are described to represent a vector field using EFG: one approach separates the field into its Cartesian components as in finite elements, and the other separates the field into a rotational and an irrotational …  Read more

  • Al-Bader, Nadia
    2009 — The role of the trehalose biosynthesis pathway in «Aspergillus fumigatus» development and stress response
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    Le tréhalose est un disaccharide de glucose qui fait partie du métabolisme d’organismes comme les bactéries, les plantes, les insectes et les champignons, mais il est absent chez les mammifères. Chez les champignons, le tréhalose sert de source d’énergie pour la reproduction et la croissance, alors qu’il peut conférer une protection aux cellules en conditions de stress environnemental. En plus, l’accumulation de tréhalose a été liée à la virulence chez les levures pathogènes. Normalement, la biosynthèse de tréhalose est effectuée par un complexe de protéines comprenant une tréhalose-6-phosphate synthéase, une tréhalose-6-phosphate phosphatase et des protéines régulatrices. Chez la moisissure pathogène …  Read more

  • Al-Ghouleh, Zaid
    2009 — Production of glass-ceramics from municipal solid waste (MSW) fly ash
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    Le but premier de cette recherché est de développer un procédé de traitement des poussières volatiles dangereuses permettant de les rendrent stables face à l'environnement et utiles pour des applications industrielles, structurales et décoratives. Le procédé retenu transforme les poussières volatiles en matériaux vitraux céramiques. Il implique la fusion des poussières en laitier en les exposant à un traitement à 1500°C durant deux heures, suivi d'une trempe à l'eau. Les produits amorphes obtenus sont ensuite traités thermiquement de façon à induire nucléation et cristallisation. Le traitement thermique développé fut basé sur les résultats d'analyse thermique effectués sur les produits amorphes …  Read more

  • Alabed, Yazan Z.
    2009 — The role of RhoA interacting proteins in the Nogo signalling pathway of axon outgrowth inhibition /
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    Regrowth in the lesioned central nervous system is impeded by inhibitory molecules including myelin-associated inhibitors (MAIs) and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs). Inhibitory molecules engage neuronal cell surface receptors and activate the small GTPase RhoA in injured neurons to mediate neurite outgrowth inhibition through targeted modifications to the cytoskeleton. Inhibition of RhoA with the ribosyltransferase C3 attenuates neurite outgrowth inhibition in vitro and in vivo but the ubiquitous expression and multifunctionality of RhoA may limit the specificity of therapeutic RhoA antagonists. The hypothesis of the thesis is that molecules that functionally interact with RhoA to mediate myelin-dependent inhibition may represent more …  Read more

  • Alakhrass, Mohammad
    2009 — Superharmonic and multiply superharmonic functions and Jensen measures in axiomatic Brelot spaces
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    We study quasi superharmonic functions in Brelot spaces and the relationship between a reduced function, and harmonic and Jensen measures. We introduce the concept of quasi multiply superharmonic functions on a product of two Brelot spaces and study their properties. A main result obtained is characterizing the quasi superharmonic functions in terms of harmonic, finely harmonic and Jensen measures. Then we prove that a quasi multiply superharmonic function on a product of Brelot spaces equals its lower semicontinuous regularization out side of a 2-negligible set. Further we give a sufficient condition on a Brelot space O under which O becomes …  Read more

  • Ali, Furrookh
    2009 — Noise-shaping enhancement in continuous-time delta-sigma modulators
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    A technique is presented for designing high-order continuous-time (CT) delta-sigma modulators with noise-transfer-function (NTF) enhancement. This enhancement is achieved by injecting the quantization noise into the forward path of the CT delta-sigma modulator, through a passive CT filter. This passive filter introduces a real pole-zero pair into the NTF. Thus, the order of the NTF is increased, without affecting the signal transfer function (STF). The proposed NTF-enhancement technique is applied to a CT delta-sigma modulator with a capacitive-feedforward architecture, where all feedforward paths are summed within the last integrator of the delta-sigma loop filter. This eliminates the need for an …  Read more

  • Ali, Sajjad
    2009 — Evaluation of the soil moisture sensors for irrigation scheduling of strawberries
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    Horticultural producers are in need of efficient and timely techniques for determining crop water requirements. The question of when and how much to irrigate, termed irrigation scheduling, is particularly important for high-value crops such as strawberries (Fragaria ananassa). During the growing season, irrigation scheduling decisions are influenced by climatic variables such as rainfall, temperature and humidity, which directly impact soil moisture levels. A field study was therefore conducted to evaluate two soil moisture sensors for irrigation scheduling of commercial strawberries on a farm in Simcoe, Southern Ontario. Strawberries were grown on raised beds with plastic mulch under two management practices …  Read more

  • Ali-Adeeb, Rana
    2009 — «In vivo» promoter analysis in zebrafish of the «Fugu rubripes» NMDA receptor subunit 1 gene
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    A 5kb fragment of the pufferfish Fugu rubripes NR1 promoter spanning nucleotides -2729 to + 2343 was shown to be sufficient to drive expression of the NR1 gene in zebrafish. I performed a cross-species sequence comparison of the 5kb Fugu NR1 promoter with homologous pufferfish (Tetraodon nigroviridis), zebrafish (Danio rerio) and stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) genomes and identified five non-coding evolutionary conserved regions (ECRs) containing cis-elements that serve as putative binding sites for eleven different trans-acting factors. I performed 5' serial deletions of the 5kb NR1 fragment based on the location of the ECRs and subsequently injected the truncated promoter constructs …  Read more

  • Aliakbar, Amir Mohsen
    2009 — Handheld impedance based biosensor system for glucose monitoring
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    Les biodétecteurs jouent une rôle important dans diverses applications comprenant le contrôle de environnement, le contrôle alimentaire, surveillance biomédicale et clinique, et la sécurité nationale. Les biodétecteurs sont des dispositifs ou des systèmes qui surveillent de divers paramètres physique, chimiques ou biologiques dans l'environnement, et ils fournissent les signaux représentatifs qui peuvent être mesurés ou enregistrées. Les développements rapides en technologies de semi-conducteur ont poussé de plus nouvelles technologies de capteur intégré menant au développement de biodétecteur microsystèmes qui offrent les avantages de facile à employer, point-de-soin, de basse puissance et à prix réduit. Ces microsystèmes permettent la détection fortement …  Read more

  • Allaire, Patrick
    2009 — Biochemical and functional characterization of connecdenn and its DENN domain in intracellular trafficking
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    Endocytosis and vesicle trafficking are essential for cellular division, differentiation and survival. Following endocytosis, cargo is delivered to the sorting endosome, where it is selected for degradation or recycled back to the cell surface. The various trafficking steps within the endosomal system are regulated by Rabs, small GTPases, which toggle between an inactive GDP-loaded conformation and an active GTP-loaded conformation. Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) allows cargo internalization and coupling to the endosomal system via formation of clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs). Connecdenn was identified as a component of clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs) isolated from developing rat brain. The C-terminus of connecdenn is predicted to …  Read more

  • Allendorf, Sarah
    2009 — Site-1 protease in chrondrogenesis
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    During mammalian skeletal development, endochondral ossification is preceded by the establishment of a cartilage template through a process termed chondrogenesis. Disruptions in chondrogenesis result in chondrodysplasia, a disorder of the appendicular skeleton which is characterized by disproportionately shortened limbs. A severe chondrodysplasia phenotype is observed when site-1 protease (S1P) is disrupted in both the zebrafish and the mouse, indicating that S1P is essential for normal skeletal development. To investigate the role of S1P during chondrogenesis, ATDC5 cells were used as an in vitro model. Inhibition of S1P activity in these cells decreases the expression of collagens type II and X, …  Read more

  • Allnutt, Susann
    2009 — Knowing my place: learning through memory and photography
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    Cette recherche faite en connaissance des arts utilise l'auto-photographie, la rephotographie, des entrevues et un travail de mémoire et d'écrit sur la photo en tant qu'outil permettant de soutirer des archives une compréhension du soi dans l'espace. Je porte attention à la mémoire et à la photographie d'une manière auto-topographique (selon Heddon), tout en explorant l'intimité topographique liée aux paysages de l'enfance et de la vie actuelle, aux espaces connus et inconnus. Utilisant le lieu comme cadre conceptuel commun, j'ai interviewé ma sœur et mes frères afin de fouiller nos mémoires partagées des lieux communs à notre enfance. J'ai par …  Read more

  • Almarestani, Lina
    2009 — Changes in the spinal cord and peripheral innervation in an animal model of arthritis
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    Neurons in the marginal layer (lamina I) of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord play a major role in the transmission and integration of pain-related sensory information that is relayed to the brain. Alteration in excitability of these cells greatly influences pain perception. Among these, alterations of the substance P (SP) system play a major role because of its known involvement in spinal cord nociceptive mechanisms. In this thesis, our main focus was on the characterization of the cell populations in lamina I of the spinal cord which express the SP receptor (NK-1r) and project to the parabrachial nucleus …  Read more

  • Altayeb, Tayeb
    2009 — Communitarian conflicts in Saudi Arabian civic education
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    Le but de l'œuvre à accomplir est de répondre philosophiquement et de manière critique la question de la manière dont l'éducation à la citoyenneté est actuellement en Arabie incohérente, car elle cherche à favoriser la loyauté civique à deux doctrines distinctes et concurrentes, tout en reconnaissant ne pas ou traitant de la tension elle-même. Le conflit en question est entre la loyauté à la nation saoudienne, d'une part, et la communauté islamique plus large (ou Oumma), de l'autre. La question à laquelle cette étude tente de répondre est de savoir comment la manipulation de l'Arabie saoudite de l'enseignement de la …  Read more

  • Alvarez Blanco, Pedro
    2009 — High-pressure induced gelation of globular proteins
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    Ramaswamy, Hosahalli (Supervisor1)  Read more

  • Amadou Garba, Aminata
    2009 — Non-Gaussian CDMA for multi-access channels: capacity analysis and code design
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    Code Division Multiplexing Access (CDMA) transmission technology is used III differentcommercial and military communication systems and, due to the widespread popularity of the 3Gwireless cellphones, CDMA is projected to be used by over 720 million people by 2013 [24], [99].This dissertation work has been motivated by a widely accepted conjecture [27], [92], [135], thatthe (sum) capacity of CDMA transmission with single-user demodulation and single-user decodingat the receiver is limited to about 0.72 bits per channel use (or CDMA chip). This thesis presents aconstructive counter-example to this conjecture and provides design of coding schemes withpractical implementation complexity that can exceed this …  Read more

  • Ames, Christopher
    2009 — From chipped to ground: the spatio-temporal systematics of 9,000 years of archaeological change in southwest British Columbia
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    Au cours des 9000 dernières années de la préhistoire sur la côte sud-ouest de la Colombie-Britannique il y a eu une transition technologique des assemblages composés principalement d'outils de pierre taillée vers des assemblages composés de pierre polie, d'os et d'andouiller. Les explications courantes de cette transition se fondent sur relativement peu d'assemblages et un concept de phases chronologiques profondément enraciné. Dans cette étude, je combine les données produite par les firmes archéologiques, connus sous le nom de littérature « grise », avec des sources académiques et des rapports provinciaux archivés, pour évaluer la nature de la transition et déterminer …  Read more

  • Amusan, Anuoluwapo
    2009 — Optimization of oil extraction procedures from animal tissue
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    Simpson, Benjamin K. (Internal/Supervisor)  Read more

  • Anderson, David
    2009 — Violence against the sacred: tragedy and religion in early modern England
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    Notre thèse soutient l'idée que la tragédie de la renaissance anglaise reflète la culture religieuse de l'époque dans son évocation de la violence sacrificielle. Elle conteste les présupposés du néo-historicisme à l'égard de la relation entre la religion et la politique et entre la religion et la littérature, en proposant que les dramaturges exprimaient à travers leurs tragédies une crise sacrificielle girardienne qui caractérisait les exécutions des martyres au seizième siècle et qui était alimentée par une crise de conscience par rapport à la violence qui s'exprimait au sein même de l'église. Le premier chapitre fait état du contexte historique. …  Read more

  • Annan, Robert Bruce
    2009 — Roles and regulation of «Saccharomyces cerevisiae» Rho-type GTPases Rho5p and Cdc42p
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    The eukaryotic Rho family of GTPases acts as central regulators of numerous processes, including the polarization of cell morphology, membrane transport, transcription, and MAPK pathway signaling. As GTPases, Rho proteins act as molecular switches which, in the GTP-bound form, transduce upstream signals to a variety of downstream effectors, thereby generating appropriate cellular responses. As central nodes of signaling, they are subject to strict regulation, and the regulation of the GTP-GDP cycle of Rho members has been well characterized. Rho GTPases participate in a variety of pathways, though in many cases the mechanisms are still poorly understood. This study examines the …  Read more

  • Antico, Andres
    2009 — Climatic response to Milankovitch forcing as simulated by a zonally averaged ocean-atmosphere-sea ice model
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    Dans cette recherche nous développons un modèle océan-atmosphère-glace de mer de complexité réduite afin d'étudier la réponse transitoire du climat au forçage de Milankovitch. La composante océanique est un modèle zonalement intégré de circulation océanique. La composante atmosphérique est un modèle unidimensionnel (latitudinal) du bilan énergétique de l'atmosphère. Nous utilisons un modèle thermodynamique de glace de mer. Les expériences numériques suivantes sont réalisées sur la base de ce modèle.Premièrement, deux expériences numériques sont effectuées pour l'intervalle de temps 5-3 Myr BP. Une expérience ne comprend pas la glace de mer, ni l'Océan Arctique; l'autre expérience comprend ces deux caractéristiques. Un …  Read more

  • Antonopoulos, Constantina
    2009 — The ICC, the "interests of justice" and national efforts at accountability falling short of formal justice: an exercise in prosecutorial discretion
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    Uganda has reached a peace agreement with the leaders of the LRA, indicted by the ICC, in which they would be tried by national tribunals and serve “alternative sentences”. The LRA demands the withdrawal of the ICC warrants as a pre-condition to any settlement. While this peace proposal may not satisfy the admissibility regime of the Rome Statute, this thesis argues that in certain circumstances the ICC Prosecutor could defer to accountability mechanisms falling short of formal prosecution and punishment if it is in the “interests of justice” to do so pursuant to Article 53 of the Rome Statute. The …  Read more

  • Arafah, Alaa Mohammad
    2009 — What constructs are represented in multiple sclerosis specific health-related quality of life measures?
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    ABRÉGÉ La qualité de vie reliée à la santé (QRVS) devient de plus en plus l'objectif principal des recherches en réadaptation et en médicine. Les études portant sur la sclérose en plaque (SP) visent particulièrement des résultats pouvant améliorer la qualité de vie des personnes. En effet, la sclérose en plaque (SP) est une condition neurologique chronique qui affecte principalement de jeunes adultes. Cette maladie résulte en de sévères symptômes. Une meilleure compréhension de la gestion de ces symptômes dépend principalement de la précaution et de la précision des évaluations. Les mesures de qualité de vie reliée à la santé …  Read more

  • Arcand, Nathalie
    2009 — Maurice Maeterlinck et Wassily Kandinsky : un langage esthétique fondé sur l'abstraction
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    In On the Spiritual in Art, Wassily Kandinsky, one of the founders of abstract art, turns to the Symbolist playwright Maurice Maeterlinck in his quest for a new aesthetic language. Both the playwright and the painter, in breaking away from Naturalist aesthetics, seek to free the signifier and the signified, in literature and in painting, from their referential function. In particular, the painter considers Maeterlinck's treatment of a word: the components of a linguistic sign, that is, its acoustic imprint and its internalized visual image, conceived of and apprehended by a spectator's subjectivity, are now combined arbitrarily. As autonomous entities, …  Read more

  • Arel-Bundock, Vincent
    2009 — Explaining the proliferation and design of international investment agreements
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    This Master's thesis aims to answer two questions: (1) Why do states sign international investment agreements (IIA)?; (2) What determines the substantive strength of these agreements? I use an event history analysis and an ordered logit model, respectively, to answer these questions. I find partial support for the hypothesis according to which the interests of capital-exporting states determine the pattern of IIA diffusion. While the results of my second test are somewhat inconclusive, they allow me to draw a number of interesting lessons for future research.  Read more

  • Asrigo, Yanwar
    2009 — Communication middleware for a web-based game lobby
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    Kienzle, Jorg Andreas (Internal/Cosupervisor2)  Read more

  • Atabay, Efe
    2009 — Eugenics, modernity and the rationalization of morality in early republican Turkey
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    This thesis examines the works published under the subject of "eugenics" in the first decades following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, from the 1930s through to the end of the Second World War, the period when the Republican medical professionals showed the most interest in eugenics. Sample articles from semi-official popular and popular medical journals, proceedings of two national medical congresses, as well as some conferences given by the Republican medical elite the proceedings of which were published by the single party in power are examined to assess the formation of eugenic arguments. The aim of the thesis …  Read more