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A Scalability Study and New Algorithms for Large-Scale Many-Objective Optimization
Many real-world optimization problems contain multiple (often conflicting) goals to be optimized concurrently, commonly referred to as multi-objective problems (MOPs). Over the past few decades, a plethora of multi-objective ... -
Scheduling Elective Surgeries with Emergency Arrivals in Operating Rooms
With the growing rate of surgical expenditures, improving operating room efficiency has become one of the most important targets for health care providers. Any delays, cancellations, or no-shows, result in increased costs ... -
Searching for Accommodations within the Ontario Criminal Justice System for Persons with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Views of Social Service Agency and Justice Professionals
Although persons with intellectual disabilities have been conceptualized as having rights to equality in Canada and internationally, there continue to be gaps in the delivery of justice when they are involved within the ... -
Secondary Transmission Dynamics of the West Nile Virus in Mosquitoes
West Nile Virus (WNV) is a member of the genus Flavivirus and is transmitted by mosquitoes. It first appeared in North America in New York City in 1999 and was first detected in Windsor Ontario in an infected bird collected ... -
The Sex Chronicles: Young Women’s Recollections of Learning About Sex
There is a pervasive social fear surrounding girls’ sexuality. In 2015, Ontario public schools mandated a new version of sex education. There was, and still is, public outcry by many parents over the new curriculum. The ... -
Shaping Responses to Terrorism, Muslims, and Syrian Refugees: The Role of Right-Wing Adherence and News Media Exposure
Right- (vs. left-) wing adherents often hold more anti-Muslim attitudes, disapprove of Syrian refugees in their country, are more concerned about terrorism, and endorse military action to combat ISIS (Islamist terrorist ... -
Shortest Path Routing on the Hypercube with Faulty Nodes
Interconnection networks are widely used in parallel computers. There are many topologies for interconnection networks and the hypercube is one of the most popular networks. There are a variety of different routing paradigms ... -
Single-Molecule Magnets and Multifunctional Molecular Magnetic Materials Based on Polynuclear Metal Complexes
Our work on single molecule magnets and multifunctional magnetic materials is presented in four projects. In the first project we show for first time that heteroatomic-type pseudohalides, such as OCN-, can be employed as ... -
Sketching the Identity Negotiations of Male Athletes and their Coaches: A Case Study of a CIS Men’s Basketball Team
More than simply passive members of a hard masculine cult, male athletes and their coaches take up complex and contradictory identities within the larger athletic structures in which they operate. In this study, I explore ... -
"So were I equalled with them in renown": The Politics of Poetic Adaptation in Dante's and Milton's Epics
In this thesis I examine the narrator’s role in John Milton’s Paradise Lost. To do so, I compare Milton’s narrator to the narrator of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. I found that both Dante’s and Milton’s narrators have ... -
Social Anxiety and Psychosocial Functioning: Investigating Relations Across Emerging Adulthood
The social, emotional and academic tasks associated with emerging adulthood are particularly challenging for those with social anxiety, a behavior defined as fear of negative evaluation, distress with social interactions, ... -
Social competence following mild head injury and moderate traumatic brain injury: Investigating the neuropsychological relationships between arousal, social decision-making and depression
Client-directed long-term rehabilitative goals and life satisfaction following head injury emphasize the importance of social inclusion, rather than cognitive or physical, outcomes. However, very little research has ... -
Socio-demographic factors, smoking, symptoms, morbidities and pulmonary function and quality of life in individuals with a heavy smoking history
Objective: To determine which socio-demographic, exposure, morbidity and symptom variables are associated with health-related quality of life among former and current heavy smokers. Methods: Cross sectional data from ... -
Southern Ontario Principals' Perspectives on Recess in Low-Income Neighbourhoods
Elementary school recess is now generally understood to be a necessary part of a child’s school day. Therefore, it is important to move beyond research regarding the need for recess and capture the logistics and experiences ... -
Special Educators’ Experiences of Change Through Inclusive Education: The Development of the Inclusion Continuum of Change
This phenomenological case study explored the change experiences of special education teachers who have transitioned from teaching in self-contained classes to inclusive class settings. Ten educators completed surveys and ... -
Sport Values of Bantam, Midget and Intermediate Female Hockey Players and Their Minor Hockey Associations
The sport values of female hockey players and their minor hockey associations were explored to better inform a values-based approach for adult-managed minor hockey. Data were collected from 294 participatory HL and competitive ... -
Statistical Image Analysis for Image Evolution
This thesis is focused on using genetic programming to evolve images based on lightweight features extracted from a given target image. The main motivation of this thesis is research by Lombardi et al. in which an image ... -
A Steep Trajectory: An Educational Autoethnography of a Working Class Late Bloomer
Using Bourdieu’s theory of habitus and related constructs of capital, fields, and practice, I constructed an autoethnography that traced my early educational experiences as a First- generation student from a working class ... -
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, LAYER THICKNESS MEASUREMENTS AND MINERALOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE LARGE INTERIOR LAYERED DEPOSIT WITHIN GANGES CHASMA, VALLES MARINERIS, MARS
The interior layered deposit (ILD) in Ganges Chasma, Valles Marineris, is a 4.25 km high mound that extends approximately 110 km from west to east. The deposition, deformation, and erosion history of the Ganges ILD records ... -
Structural Equation Model of Father Involvement in Infant Development in Vietnam using Identity Theory
Child development is an important determinant of global health, and fathers’ involvement can enhance child behavioural, social, and cognitive development. However, fathers’ involvement varies between cultures, and research ...