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2011 — An Application of Health Behaviour Models to Diabetic Treatment Adherence: A Comparison of Protection Motivation Theory and The Theory of Planned BehaviourAbstract
Diabetes is a medical condition in which affected individuals have relatively low adherence to the treatment regimen consisting of medications, diet, exercise, and blood glucose monitoring. Models of health behaviour such as Protection Motivation Theory (PMT; Rogers, 1983) and the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB; Ajzen, 1991) have been developed in order to understand the many factors proposed to influence health behaviours but have not been sufficiently applied to diabetes. Both PMT and TPB predict intention to perform health behaviours but focus on different cognitions relating to intention. In addition to predicting intention and behaviour, the models may also be … Read more
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2011 — Mediating the numbered treaties: eyewitness accounts of treaties between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples, 1871-1876.Abstract
This thesis looks at the historical period of treaty-making in Western Canada when six numbered treaties were negotiated between Canada and the Anishnabeg, Cree, Saulteaux, and Assiniboine Nations between 1871 and 1876. The main interpretation of treaty-making during this period is that the treaty commissioners and Indigenous leadership experienced “cultural misunderstandings” and that Euro-Canadian witnesses to treaty did not understand the treaty relationship. As a result, most of the eyewitness accounts by Euro-Canadian fur traders, missionaries, journalists, settlers and government representatives have been ignored by historians. This thesis argues against cultural misunderstandings and shows that Euro-Canadian negotiators and eyewitnesses clearly … Read more
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2011 — Statistical Modeling for Tailings Consolidation Using Index PropertiesAbstract
The extraction of mineral resources from the earth generates large volume of mine tailings which are usually disposed hydraulically in tailings pond. To minimize the environmental concerns associated with deposition of mine wastes and reclamation of the containment ponds, the tailings need to undergo an efficient consolidation. The main objective of this research was to develop statistical models for tailings consolidation using index properties based on data in the literature thereby, capturing physicochemical interactions. The first model was developed for groups of tailings (sedimentary clays, residual soils and oil sand tailings) and the second model was developed for all tailings. … Read more
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2011 — Comparison of Three Dimensional Measurement Accuracy Using Stereo VisionAbstract
The stereo vision system has been widely used in recent years. The imaging process of a camera consists in projection from a three dimensional world to a two dimensional image in which one dimension of information has been lost. A vision system that consists of two cameras can use the implicit geometry constraint between the images to recover the three dimensional information. Thus, the stereo vision system can be used as a measuring tool. A few applications have been reported and some of them are included by the literature review. In this thesis, two parameters of the stereovision system have … Read more
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2011 — Flexible Vision-Based Control of Rotorcraft - The Case Studies: 2DOF Helicopter and 6DOF QuadrotorAbstract
Two case studies of flexible vision-based control structure are presented in this work. The first structure is proposed for a 2DOF (degrees-of-freedom) model helicopter. The second structure is proposed for a 6DOF quadrotor. The position-based vision control was adopted for both structures with images acquired from a single camera in an eye-in-hand configuration. The control law proposed for the 2DOF model helicopter is able to track a fast maneuvering object regardless of its initial position on image or its distance from the camera. The equations of motion of the model helicopter are presented for the development of joint level Linear … Read more
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2011 — The Amending Formula, Meech Lake, and the Quebec Secession Reference: The Difficulties of Provincial SecessionAbstract
The Quebec Secession Reference, rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada,affirmed the position held by the Government of Canada, which claimed that a referendum on sovereignty is not a sufficient legal instrument, in of itself, to effect the removal of a province from the current constitutional order. The Reference also maintains that a constitutional amendment is necessary in order for the province to legally secede. Moreover, it is the opinion of the Court that a referendum on sovereignty is the formal consultation of the people, by their government, with the purpose of determining the province‟s democratic intent to remove itself … Read more