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N-Screen Application Framework
(2012-12-21)Smartphones and tablets with advanced computing ability and connectivity have already become indispensable in our daily lives. As operating systems of these computer-like handheld devices are getting more mature and stable, ... -
Nanodiamond particles for biomacromolecule immobilization and dye contaminant adsorption
(2011-12-02)Nanodiamond (ND) has become a widely studied material in recent years due to its excellent properties, which includes high specific surface area, oxygen-containing surface groups (desirable for physical or chemical ... -
Nanoparticle catalysts for carbon-carbon coupling reactions
(2010-12)My research is focused on two main objectives, the study of catalytic efficiency and mechanism of palladium nanoparticles stabilized by poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) for carbon-carbon coupling reactions, and to rationally ... -
Nanopore Analysis of Peptides and Proteins
(2012-02-10)Nanopore sensing is a single-molecule technique capable of detecting peptide and protein molecules by monitoring the change in current generated by their interaction with protein or solid-state nanopores in an applied ... -
Nanopore Sensing Of Peptides And Proteins
(2013-11-28)In recent years the application of single-molecule techniques to probe biomolecules and intermolecular interactions at single-molecule resolution has expanded rapidly. Here, I investigate a series of peptides and proteins ... -
Nanotoxicology : pulmonary toxicity studies on self-assembling rosette nanotubes
(2007)A growing demand for information on the human health and environmental effects of materials produced using nanotechnology has led to a new area of investigation known as nanotoxicology. Research in this field has widespread ... -
Napoleonic historiography
(1950)Few men have played so great a role in the History of Western Civilization as Napoleon Bonaparte and it is not strange that his Historiography should contain so many different interpretations. Driault calls him the "Prophet ... -
“Narrative Beginnings and Lived Experiences in (Re) Shaping Stories to Live by: Embracing Multicultural Worlds through Narrative Inquiry.”
(2020-07-01)This thesis explores, through narrative inquiry methodology, the understanding about identity making when entering and living in a new world. More specifically, this thesis focuses on understanding, through narrative ... -
Narrative description of Miyo-Mahcihoyan(Well-Being) from a contemporary Nehiyawak (Plains Cree) perspective
(2011-07-26)There are unequivocal health disparities, both physical and mental, between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Utilizing narrative inquiry, a qualitative methodology, 15 néhiyawak (Plains Cree people) ... -
A Narrative Inquiry into Parent Engagement in the Mathematics Curriculum
(2012-10-16)This thesis is a narrative inquiry into the role of parents in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Over several months, I worked alongside four parent participants to plan a math night for an elementary school. Through ... -
A narrative inquiry into refugee students' high school experiences
(2008)The increasing numbers of refugee students in our schools present under-prepared and under-resourced schools with particular challenges because of the students’ diverse cultural and educational backgrounds, language ... -
A Narrative Inquiry into Students' Use of Family Stories to Find Self in the Social Studies Curriculum
(2013-08-07)In this narrative inquiry, I explore student connections to personal and family history and how those connections, or lack thereof, shape their understandings of Social Socials content – in regard to how the students attend ... -
A NARRATIVE INQUIRY INTO THE IDENTITY MAKING OF TWO EARLY-CAREER TEACHERS: UNDERSTANDING THE PERSONAL IN PERSONAL PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE
(2015-03-26)This narrative inquiry began with queries into the identity-making experiences of two teachers, Anna and Penny, at the beginning of their careers. Through weekly research conversations over 2 years, they told stories of ... -
Narrative Structures of Maya Mental Disorders: An ethnography of Q’eqchi’ healing
(2014-03-05)A wealth of research into medical and healing traditions of Maya communities has been conducted. Previous research has also explored unique conceptions of health and disorder held by Maya peoples. This study adds the voices ... -
Narratives of males with eating disorders
(2004-08-30)For years, eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, have been studied extensively among adolescent girls and young women. However, despite recent research revealing a significant percentage of ... -
Narratives of Young Women Athletes’ Experiences of Emotional Pain and Self-compassion
(2012-02-10)Self-compassion is an adaptive way of relating to the self kindly when experiencing personal failure and difficult life experiences. However, there is little research in the area of self-compassion and sport even though ... -
Narrowband interference detection and mitigation for indoor ultra-wideband communication systems
(2006-12-15)In February 2002, the FCC (2002 a, b) issued a ruling that ultra-wideband (UWB) could be used for data communications as well as for radar and safety applications. UWB system is constrained to have a maximum power transmission ... -
National History and Identity in Saskatchewan Social Studies Curriculum 1970-2008: Narratives of Diversity, Tolerance, Accommodation, and Negotiation
(2020-07-07)Social studies, with its focus on history, politics, and identity, provides an interesting site of analysis through which to examine the historical development of master or comprehensive narratives of the nation in Canadian ...