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Camera sensors are shrinking, resulting in more defects seen through image analysis. Due to cosmic radiation, camera experience both permanent defects known as hot pixels and temporal defective…

There are concerns about the usefulness of cotinine and trans-3'-hydroxycotinine (3HC), as biomarkers of risk in populations with light tobacco smoke exposure. Using CHILD cohort study data,…

As more and larger event stream datasets for professional sports become available, there is growing interest in modeling the complex play dynamics to evaluate player performance. Among these models,…

Self-explanation is a process by which learners generate inferences about causal connections or conceptual associations. This dissertation seeks to contribute to the literature on inducing self-…

The lack of clarity on the audiobook publishing processes for self-published authors leaves a potential gap in the Canadian market for the creation of a new independent audiobook production service.…

Self-handicapping is intentionally fabricating obstacles to performance. It is very prevalent in education where it interferes with learning and lowers academic achievement. Few self-handicapping…

In contemporary China, the development of new media technology has promoted the change and transformation of Chinese cyber nationalism, as it has an increasingly close relationship with youth…

Considerable research has documented negative health outcomes of 'language barriers' for im/migrants in destination countries. There is a crucial need for research underpinned by structural…

Hip Hop has become one of the most popular cultural phenomena in China due to commodification as well as to the broadcast of Hip Hop related variety shows. The unique path of Chinese Hip Hop has…

Alterations or losses to one's sense of self and identity are identified in the literature as being an important aspect of the lived experience of schizophrenia. Research further implicates…

A great portion of people's lives are spent in the workplace. I argue that many Western workplaces are neither sites of democratic practices or equality but are based on modes of exploitation…

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), the deliberate self-infliction of tissue damage, is a serious behaviour with a host of negative consequences that has a considerable impact on the health system.…

The number of international students in tertiary education has soared in recent decades, driven by rising student demand and countries competing to boost their economic and human capital.…

In this thesis we investigate eigenproblems arising in spectral geometry and in the theory of linear elasticity, and numerically study the mechanics of skeletal muscles in three dimensions. We first…

The current cooling systems mainly employ vapor compression refrigeration technology, which increases the electricity peak load significantly and has a high carbon footprint. One alternative solution…

Students cope with the attentional demands of a university setting by accessing a range of cognitive and behavioural strategies. Yet, they may not be aware of the full scope of strategies available…

We consider the maximum weight stable set problem with an additional budget constraint (BSS) which is also known as the knapsack problem with conflict-pair constraints. A unifying 0-1 programming…

Generative Design (GD) produces many design alternatives and promises novel and performant solutions to architectural design problems. The success of GD rests on the ability to navigate the generated…

This thesis presents iterative action research that was situated in my practice as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Simon Fraser University. Motivated by a puzzlement that arose with…

Adolescents are vulnerable to the onset of psychological disorders, yet research on parenting factors that promote adolescent mental health is sparse. Attachment security is a strong predictor of…