Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Least cost path analysis is considered by many scholars as being a good proxy for studying movement and interactions between sites in the landscape. Although it is widely used, there are many limitations and challenges yet to be overcome concerning the reliability of the results. The examples used from the Göksu Valley during the late Roman Imperial rule emphasize the need to clearly… more Full Text: EXPLORING LEAST COST PATH ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE GÖKSU VALLEY, TURKEY A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master on Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Barrett, Sophie Elizabeth, Thesis advisor (ths): Watmough, Shaun, Degree committee member (dgc): Sager, Eric, Degree committee member (dgc): Emery, Neil, Degree committee member (dgc): Hutchinson, Tom, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Peatlands are prevalent in the Sudbury, Ontario region. Compared with the well documented devastation to the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in this region, relatively little work has been conducted on the peatlands. The objective of this research was to assess factors controlling peat and plant chemistry, and vegetation composition in 18 peatlands in Sudbury after over 30 years of… more Full Text: Factors Controlling Peat Chemistry and Vegetation Composition in Sudbury Peatlands after 30 Years of Emission Reductions A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Balch, Jordan, Thesis advisor (ths): Gueguen, Celine, Degree committee member (dgc): Hickey, Brendan, Degree committee member (dgc): Thompson, Matthew, Degree committee member (dgc): Aherne, Julian, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The efficacy of the diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) passive samplers to provide accurate measurements of free metal ions and those complexed with dissolved organic matter (DOM) was investigated. DOM controls the diffusive properties of DOM-complexed metal species in natural systems. Knowing the diffusion coeiffiecent (D) for DOM of different molecular weights (MW) and the major… more Full Text: THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES AND DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER CHARACTERISTICS ON THE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER USING DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS IN THIN FILMS A Thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Catchment soil acidification has been suggested as a possible mechanism for reducing phosphorus (P) loading to surface waters in North America and northern Europe, but much of the research that has been conducted regarding P immobilization in pH manipulated soils has been performed at high P concentrations (> 130 μM). This study investigated how soil acidity was related to P… more Full Text: Phosphorus forms and response to changes in pH in acidsensitive soils on the Precambrian Shield A Thesis submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts …
Year: 2014, 2014
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Twomey, Amy, Thesis advisor (ths): Struthers, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Chivers, Sally, Degree committee member (dgc): Armstrong, Hugh, Degree committee member (dgc): Anastakis, Dimitry, Degree committee member (dgc): Wiseman, Nelson, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Because federal funding for long-term care was not included as part of Canada's publicly-funded universal health care system, provincial governments have been free to determine how much, or how little, they will rely on the for-profit sector to meet the long-term care needs of their senior populations. The proportion of beds in the for-profit sector differs in each province,… more Full Text: “Pursuing Different Paths in Long-Term Care: Manitoba, Ontario and the Politics of Commercialization” A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Morrison, Emily Marie, Thesis advisor (ths): Zohar, Asaf, Thesis advisor (ths): NARINE, SURESH S, Degree committee member (dgc): Phillips, Thomas F, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Andy, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Biomaterial technology and utilizing bioproducts can contribute to Canada's economic growth while moving towards sustainable development. Canadian bioproducts are commonly developed within universities but Canada's record of transferring university technology to market has been less than optimal. In an attempt to offer new ideas for improvement, qualitative data analysis from… more Full Text: Learning From One Another: A Comparative Study Between Canada and Brazil on University Technology Transfer Through Biomaterial Spin-‐Off Development. A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The damage to Sudbury's landscape from over a century of smelter and logging activity has been severe and impacts well documented. However, despite their abundance in the region, wetlands have received little attention. Recent studies have identified that nutrient limitation is as much a problem as metal toxicity and highlighted not only the importance of wetlands but also the need… more Full Text: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN PEATLAND GEOCHEMISTRY IN SUDBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Perks, Ryan, Thesis advisor (ths): Cazorla-Sanchez, Antonio, Degree committee member (dgc): Kay, Carolyn, Degree committee member (dgc): Andriewsky, Olga, Degree committee member (dgc): Irvine, William D, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Utilizing pre-existing scholarship on post-conflict reconstruction in twentieth-century Europe, as well as a variety of French primary sources, this thesis explores the concept of national-moral reconstruction as utilized by French political leaders in the wake of their country's defeat by Nazi Germany in June 1940. In particular, this study analyzes the competing discourses… more Full Text: After the Fall: The Rhetoric of National-Moral Reconstruction in Occupied France, 1940-1944 Ryan Perks A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Abstract</p><p>Early Responses of Understory Vegetation After One Year of Above Canopy Nitrogen Additions in a Jack Pine Stand in Northern Alberta</p><p>Nicole Melong</p><p>Nitrogen (N) emissions are expected to increase in western Canada due to oil and gas extraction operations. An increase in N exposure could potentially impact the surrounding boreal… more Full Text: EARLY RESPONSES OF UNDERSTORY VEGETATION AFTER ONE YEAR OF ABOVE CANOPY NITROGEN ADDITIONS IN A JACK PINE STAND IN NORTHERN ALBERTA A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis examines how food, culture and identity are linked to the idea of "home." Through a reading of oral narratives produced on the YouTube channel "ShowMetheCurry," I investigate how presenters Anuja and Hetal "write back" from a diasporic space in Texas, to the YouTube global public, and how food and cuisine, even in the age of globalization can be… more Full Text: REMEMBERING THE “HOME” THROUGH YOUTUBE COOKING VIDEOS: SENSORY EVOCATIONS, CULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS AND THE DIASPORIC KITCHEN A Thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Comprehending the dynamics of infectious diseases is very important in formulating public health policies to tackling their prevalence. Mathematical epidemiology (ME) has played a very vital role in achieving the above. Nevertheless, classical mathematical epidemiological models do not explicitly model the behavioural responses of individuals in the presence of prevalence of these… more Full Text: Stability Properties of Disease Models under Economic Expectations A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Ahee, Jordan, Thesis advisor (ths): Dorken, Marcel E, Degree committee member (dgc): Freeland, Joanna R, Degree committee member (dgc): Burness, Gary, Degree committee member (dgc): Pond, Bruce, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Natural populations of flowering plants rarely have perfectly uniform distributions, so trends in pollen dispersal should affect the size of the pollination neighbourhood and influence mating opportunities. Here I used spatial analysis to determine the size of the pollination neighbourhood in a stand of the herbaceous, wind-pollinated plant (<italic>Typha latifolia</italic>;… more Full Text: THE SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF WIND POLLINATION IN BROADLEAF CATTAIL (TYPHA LATIFOLIA): A NEW METHOD TO INFER SPATIAL PATTERNS OF POLLEN DISPERSAL A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This research investigates urban climate governance through a case study of climate change adaptation policy making in the Canadian municipality of Vancouver, British Columbia (BC). It investigates the context in which the City of Vancouver was motivated to develop its climate change adaptation strategy (CCAS) by exploring the motivating factors and drivers behind the formulation of this… more Full Text: Motivating Policy Responses to Climate Change: A Case Study of The City of Vancouver’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>My thesis examines anthropomorphism and many avenues in which humans represent nonhumans to evaluate their own lives. Using Isabella Rossellini's <italic>Green Porno</italic> webseries, a collection of two-minute films starring Rossellini as a multitude of nonhumans with costumes transforming her into nonhuman, I posit that a new form of anthropomorphism -- one that… more Full Text: ! (UN)NATURAL PROVOCATION: ABJECTION, OTHERNESS, AND NONHUMAN REPRESENTATION IN ISABELLA ROSSELLINI’S GREEN PORNO WEBSERIES! ! A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Davidson, Jamie Lee, Thesis advisor (ths): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): MacDonald, Robert I, Degree committee member (dgc): Munson, Marit, Degree committee member (dgc): Jamieson, Susan, Degree committee member (dgc): Fox, William, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis seeks to understand the influences of environmental variables on site location selection during the Late Woodland period (ca. A.D. 1000-1650) in south-central Ontario, specifically variables considered to be favourable to maize agriculture. Four analyses were undertaken: a geographic information system (GIS) comparative analysis of Late Woodland sites compared to random… more Full Text: AN ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LATE WOODLAND SETTLEMENT IN THE ROUGE RIVER WATERSHED, SOUTHERN ONTARIO A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Nitrogen is a major constituent of agricultural fertilizers, and nitrogen inputs to stream water via runoff and groundwater lead to a variety of negative environmental impacts. In order to quantify the movement of nitrogen through aquatic food webs, fourteen streams with varying land uses across South-Central Ontario were sampled for two species of fish, freshwater mussels, and water for… more Full Text: CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPE CHANGES IN STREAMS ALONG AN AGRICULTURAL GRADIENT A Thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Selenium is an essential trace nutrient to many organisms, yet in high concentrations it is toxic. Organic selenium is more bioavailable to aquatic biota than inorganic selenium, but is usually found in much lower concentrations. Algae are known to biotransform inorganic selenium into several organo-selenium compounds, but it is unknown whether any of these bioaccumulate in the food… more Full Text: Purification and Identification of Selenium-containing C-phycocyanin from Spirulina: Implications for Bioaccumulation and Ecotoxicity A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Stormwater ponds (SWPs) are a common feature in new urban developments where they are designed to minimize runoff peaks from impervious surfaces and retain particulate matter. As a consequence, SWPs can be efficient at retaining particle-bound nutrients, but may be less efficient at retaining nutrients that are present primarily in the dissolved form, like nitrogen (N). However, the… more Full Text: Seasonal variation in nutrient and particulate inputs and outputs at an urban stormwater pond in Peterborough, Ontario A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The relationship between siblings is unique in both its history and duration across the lifespan. Previous relationship researchers have examined siblings in childhood, but few have explored this distinctive relationship in adulthood. In this study, the adult sibling relationship was explored from an attachment perspective to determine the effect of an individual's attachment on… more Full Text: WAR AND PEACE: ATTACHMENT, CONFLICT, AND COLLABORATION IN ADULT SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The typical contrast mechanism employed in multimodal CARS microscopy involves the use of other nonlinear imaging modalities such as two-photon excitation fluorescence (TPEF) microscopy and second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy to produce a molecule-specific pseudocolor image. In this work, I explore the use of unsupervised multivariate statistical analysis tools such as Principal… more Full Text: “Multimodal Contrast” from the Multivariate Analysis of Hyperspectral CARS Images A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Art and Science …
