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This thesis examines Stocksy United, a stock photography platform co-operative, as a case study of worker resistance and self-organization in the cultural industries. Drawing on interviews with 12…

This thesis presents an autobiographical account of an exceptional learner\'s journey as a member of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community—a learner who, despite challenges, acquired four…

The majority of research on terrorism is focused on the United States, with very few studies examining terrorism in the Canadian context. Additionally, no studies have examined structural-level…

Lake sediment from 18 lakes across western Canada was studied in regards to carbon accumulation rate over the last 150 years. Carbon (C) accumulation rate was found to be 3.8 times greater on average…

Resource subsidies link marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. The movement of marine-derived nutrients from spawning salmon into riparian forests through multiple trophic pathways provides…

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), defined as a spectrum of disorders primarily impacting the heart and the circulatory system, account for a substantial fraction of worldwide morbidity and mortality.…

This dissertation is divided into two parts. In part I the argument is put forward that the ideas and practices informing life and work (with a special focus upon work within the human services…

Passive cooling systems are commonly used in power electronic industries to dissipate the tremendous excess heat generated in semiconductors devices to maintain the efficiency, reduce the thermal…

Learning, an active cognitive activity, differs from one learner to another. This therefore suggests the need for personalized learning. Recommender systems in this context can be seen as a…

This thesis investigates the design and implementation of extremum seeking control with application to power electronics. To this end, a novel multivariable sliding-mode extremum seeking (MSES)…

The logic of late capitalism is a logic of deterritorialization, spurning demythologized, denarrativized and desacralized social relations that emanate from a collapsing symbolic order. Austere…

While many defects in silicon provide long-lived spin qubits, it remains difficult to use them as the base for a spin-photon interface, because many have no optical transition at all, and those which…

In c. 1728, the Edinburgh poet Alexander Pennecuik (1684-1730) published an epitaph on the centenarian Marjory Scott of Dunkeld. Over the next two centuries, this text was widely circulated in a…

The game of Cops and Robbers is a pursuit-evasion game played on graphs with two players, the cops and the robber, who take turns moving on the graph. In each turn, they may move to a vertex adjacent…

Soils are facing great threats from climate change and anthropogenic activities. It is essential to understand the characteristics of soils, such as class and pH, especially when it comes to the…

The rise of humanity to ecological dominance has precipitated concerted patterns of environmental change across every biome on Earth. Human activities can upend the adaptive landscapes on which…

The ubiquitous abundance of circular RNAs (circRNAs) has been revealed by performing high throughput sequencing in a variety of eukaryotes. circRNAs are related to some diseases such as cancer in…

Speech separation is the task of segregating a target speech signal from background interference. To differentiate the separation of multiple speech sources from separating speech from non-speech…

Professional activity around mathematics teaching is considered vital in the improvement of mathematics education at all levels. Research in mathematics education has identified aspects of teacher…

This thesis investigates the use of neutralization techniques by lawyers to justify, excuse, and rationalize their behaviour in disciplinary action for misappropriation, real estate fraud, and…