Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>In dialogue with the critical scholarship on war and remembrance, my research deals with the construction, contestation and negotiation of collective memory in contemporary Vietnam with a focus on commemorations devoted to dead soldiers. Utilizing the methodologies of cultural studies and ethnography, this research seeks to comprehend the politics of memory which characterize collective… more Full Text: POLITICS OF MEMORY: (RE)CONSTRUCTION OF THE PAST IN POST-SOCIALIST VIETNAM A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Lock, Alan S., Thesis advisor (ths): Wallschläger, Dirk, Thesis advisor (ths): Belzile, Nelson, Degree committee member (dgc): Belzile, Nelson, Degree committee member (dgc): Gueguen, Celine, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>A bedrock fracture hosting arsenic (As) contaminated groundwater was suspected to be transported to Ramsey Lake, a drinking water resource for more than 50,000 residents of Sudbury, Ontario. A high resolution, spatial, water quality mapping technique using an underwater towed vehicle (UTV) was used to identify sources of upwelling groundwater into lake water and localize the upwelling As… more Full Text: ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL FOR CONTAMINATION OF LAKES FROM UPWELLING OF ARSENICLADEN GROUNDWATER THROUGH SEDIMENTS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctorate of Science in …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Masson, Laurence, Thesis advisor (ths): Fox, Michael G, Degree committee member (dgc): Wilson, Chris C, Degree committee member (dgc): Copp, Gordon H, Degree committee member (dgc): Beisel, Jean-Nicolas, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Researchers have shown increasing interest in biological invasions for the associated ecological and economic impacts as well as for the opportunities they offer to study the mechanisms that induce range expansion in novel environments. I investigated the strategies exhibited by invasive species that facilitate range expansion. Invasive populations exhibit shifts in life-history strategy… more Full Text: A successful invader in expansion: life history traits at the expansion front and development of a sentinel method using eDNA A dissertation submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>As an emerging contaminant, the antimicrobial agent silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been receiving considerable attention to determine their potential effects to aquatic ecosystems. However, estimates of aquatic consumer survivorship and other toxicological endpoints vary considerably among experiments, largely due to the environment in which the test takes place. Throughout this… more Full Text: THE EFFECTS OF PARTICULATE MATTER ON THE FATE AND TOXICITY OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Dayer, Guillem Sébastien, Thesis advisor (ths): Yee, Janet, Thesis advisor (ths): Rafferty, Steven, Degree committee member (dgc): Brunetti, Craig, Degree committee member (dgc): Saville, Barry, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Giardia intestinalis is an anaerobic protozoan that lacks common eukaryotic heme-dependent respiratory complexes and does not encode any proteins involved in heme biosynthesis. Nevertheless, the parasite encodes several hemeproteins, including three members of the Type II cytochrome b5 sub-group of electron transport proteins found in anaerobic protist and amitochondriate organisms.… more Full Text: INTERACTOME STUDY OF GIARDIA INTESTINALIS CYTOCHROMES B5 TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough, Ontario, Canada © Copyright by Guillem Dayer 2017 Environmental and Life Sciences Ph.D. Graduate Program May 2017 ABSTRACT Interactome study of Giardia intestinalis …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Desantis, Lanna Marie, Thesis advisor (ths): Bowman, Jeff, Thesis advisor (ths): Burness, Gary, Degree committee member (dgc): Rafferty, Steven, Degree committee member (dgc): Wilson, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Boonstra, Rudy, Degree committee member (dgc): Vijayan, Mathilakath M, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Across vertebrate taxa, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (or the stress axis) is highly conserved, and is central to vertebrate survival because it allows appropriate responses to psychological stressors. Habitat shapes successful physiological and ecological strategies, and to appreciate how individual species respond to stressors in their environment, it is essential to have a… more Full Text: STRESS AXIS FUNCTION AND REGULATION IN NEW WORLD FLYING SQUIRRELS: AN ASSESSMENT OF ACUTE STRESS RESPONSE, NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, AND THE ROLE OF CORTICOSTEROID-BINDING GLOBULIN A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Franckowiak, Ryan Patrick, Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Chris C., Thesis advisor (ths): Ridgway, Mark S., Degree committee member (dgc): Dunlop, Erin S., Degree committee member (dgc): Schaefer, James A., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Identifying the biotic and abiotic factors that influence individual reproductive fitness under natural conditions is essential for understanding important aspects of a species' evolutionary biology and ecology, population dynamics, and life-history evolution. Using next generation sequencing technology, I developed five microsatellite multiplex reactions suitable for conducting… more Full Text: REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS OF SMALLMOUTH BASS (MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU) UNDER HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) have been, and remain, an important</p><p>subsistence resource for the Inuvialuit, the Inuit of the western Canadian Arctic. The effects</p><p>of climate variability and change (CVC) in this region have been noticeably increasing over</p><p>the past three decades. There are concerns as to how CVC will affect Arctic… more Full Text: LINKING INUIT AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND OBSERVATIONS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ARCTIC CHAR (SALVELINUS ALPINUS (L.)) COMMUNITY MONITORING A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The potential release of nanoparticles into aquatic environments is raising global concerns. As antimicrobials, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are among the most prominent form in use. Despite this, their fate, long-term toxicity, and ecological relevance have yet to be investigated largely under natural settings with seasonality and environmental complexity. To better understand the… more Full Text: FATE AND EFFECTS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLE ADDITION IN A LAKE ECOSYSTEM A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science Trent …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>In our communities, we are continually challenged to reflect on effective responses to the people and events that put us at risk. This study is an examination of two distinctly different world-view responses: the colonial, dominant culture and the Indigenous world-view. The retributive understanding of the dominant culture applies assumptions about the nature of the world that are vested… more Full Text: ELDERS AND INDIGENOUS HEALING IN THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA: A STORY OF RELATIONAL DISSONANCE, SACRED DOUGHNUTS, AND DRIVE-THRU EXPECTATIONS A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Socio-ecological systems are inherently complex and marine mammals are fundamentally challenging to study. In the Arctic, marine mammals occupy a central ecological role, as nutrient cyclers and as a source of food and culture for Indigenous peoples. Inuit have developed a rich knowledge system, which has not been fully actualized in application in most Arctic research. Considering the… more Full Text: NUNAVIK INUIT KNOWLEDGE OF BELUGA: USING MULTIPLE METHODS, TOOLS, AND APPLICATIONS TO ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MARINE MAMMAL ECOLOGY A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Metal binding to dissolved organic matter (DOM) determines metal speciation and strongly influences potential toxicity. The understanding of this process, however, is challenged by DOM source variation, which is not always considered by most existing metal speciation models. Source determines the molecular structure of DOM, including metal binding functional groups. This study has… more Full Text: The effects of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) sources on Pb2+, Zn2+ and Cd2+ binding A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Cyr, Rachel Esther, Thesis advisor (ths): Junyk, Ihor, Thesis advisor (ths): Bordo, Jonathan, Degree committee member (dgc): Pletenac, Tomislav, Degree committee member (dgc): Milloy, John, Degree committee member (dgc): Innis, Randy, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Forensic scientific practice is conventionally understood as a solution to absence. With every technological advance the power and span of the archive grows and with it revives hopes of uncovering facts and locate bodies that might put genocide denial and/or negationism to rest. Destruction, however, continues to define the reality and conditions</p><p>for testimony in the… more Full Text: FROM NEGATION TO AFFIRMATION: WITNESSING THE EMPTY TOMB IN THE ERA OF FORENSIC SCIENTIFIC TESTIMONY A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctorate of Philosophy in the Faculty …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Ogungbemide, Damilare Immanuel, Thesis advisor (ths): McKenna Neuman, Cheryl, Degree committee member (dgc): Lafleur, Peter, Degree committee member (dgc): Buttle, Jim, Degree committee member (dgc): Hill, Stephen, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>A set of experiments was designed to investigate the factors—atmospheric and surficial—controlling fugitive dust emissions from the tailings ponds of UNIMIN Canada, a mining company that extracts and produces nepheline syenite (feldspar) at two adjacent sites (Nephton and Blue Mountain) located north of Havelock, Ontario. Using wind tunnel measurements, the combined influence of relative… more Full Text: INVESTIGATION OF FUGITIVE DUST EMISSIONS FROM NEPHELINE SYENITE MINE TAILINGS NEAR NEPHTON, ONTARIO A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Stotesbury, Theresa E., Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Paul, Thesis advisor (ths): Vreugdenhil, Andrew, Degree committee member (dgc): Illes, Mike, Degree committee member (dgc): Easton, Brad, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The research and development of synthetic blood substitutes is a reported need within the forensic community. This work contributes to the growing body of knowledge in bloodstain pattern analysis by offering a materials science approach to designing, producing and testing synthetic forensic blood substitutes. A key deliverable from this research is the creation of a robust silicon-based… more Full Text: 0&)& ,+0,) $") --/, %1,1%" !"3"),-*"+1,# #,/"+0& ),,!02 01&121"0 !@NDBI JIND?@M …
