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Visual balance in engineering design for aesthetic value
(2007)The aesthetic aspect of a functional product is growing to be an important reason for the consumer’s choice to buy the product. Despite this importance, aesthetics has not generally been incorporated into engineering design ... -
Visualization and analysis of software clones
(2012-01-18)Code clones are identical or similar fragments of code in a software system. Simple copy-paste programming practices of developers, reusing existing code fragments instead of implementing from the scratch, limitations of ... -
Visualization of Thawing and Desaturation in Frozen Gas Diffusion Layers of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells via Synchrotron X-ray Computed Tomography
(2021-05-19)Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM fuel cells) are one of the promising clean energy solutions to replace fossil fuel in applications such as automobiles and stationary power systems. Though significant research ... -
VISUALIZATION OF ULTRASOUND INDUCED CAVITATION BUBBLES USING SYNCHROTRON ANALYZER BASED IMAGING
(2017-01-09)Ultrasound is recognized as the fastest growing medical modality for imaging and therapy. Being noninvasive, painless, portable, X-ray radiation-free and far less expensive than magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound is ... -
Visualizing catalogue data: mapping local music in a digital environment
(International Association of Music Libraries, 2017-06-22)Catalogue datasets are rich sources of detailed information that can be leveraged to improve access to music special collections. Datasets built from MARC metadata must be enhanced, but ultimately serve as a rich foundation ... -
Visualizing Methods for Special Collections: Using Library Data to Tell a Geospatial Story
(2016-10-12)Librarians have a growing role in making data more visible and accessible. One way this is possible is through mining data sources such as library catalogues in order to present collections using visualization tools. This ... -
Visualizing Provenance In A Supply chain Using Ethereum Blockchain
(2019-09-25)Visualization is a widely used in different fields of studies such as supply chain management when there is a need to communicate information to general users. However, there are multiple limitations and problems with ... -
Visualizing reciprocity in an online community to motivate participation
(2010-08-13)Online communities thrive on their members’ participation and contributions. Continuous encouragement of participation of these members is vital for an online community. Social visualizations are one of the methods to make ... -
Visuomotor representations
(2005-11)The contribution of ventral stream information to the variability of movement has been the focus of much attention, and has provided numerous researchers with conflicting results. These results have been obtained through ... -
Vitality studies on frozen wheat
(1952-04)Three times in the past three decades frost has caused exceptionally severe crop damage in Western Canada. Although early autunm frosts are a recurring hazard, damage usually is scattered and light, often being confined ... -
Vitamin A and intramuscular fat deposition: a nutrigenetic investigation in beef cattle
(2011-12-13)Vitamin A restriction has been associated with increased marbling in beef cattle. The purpose of this study was to investigate a possible nutrigenetic mechanism leading to this increase in intramuscular fat. Four genes ... -
Vitamin and Mineral Supplement Use by Older Adults with Complex Medication Needs; Potential for Adverse Drug-Nutrient Interactions
(2017-12-15)Objective: Vitamin and mineral supplements have been increasingly available for decades. The increase in availability of supplements and their use in combination with prescription drugs suggests that the risk of an adverse ... -
Vitamin D Intake and Status in a Sample of Healthy Young Adults of Different Ethnicity Living in Canada
(2008)Vitamin D plays an important role in over-all health. Few data exist on vitamin D deficiency related with intake for a Canadian population. The purpose of this study is to assess vitamin D intake and status in healthy young ... -
VITRIFICATION AND CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE (CAM) CULTURE OF BOVINE OVARIAN TISSUE
(2015-06-09)The overall objectives of this thesis were to develop a short-term culture system and to examine the effects of vitrification and short-term culture on the viability of fresh and vitrified bovine ovarian tissue and the ... -
Vitrification of bovine oocytes
(2010-12)The overall objective of this thesis was to investigate the vitrification of bovine cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) as a tool for conservation of female genetics. Specifically, the first objective was to compare in vitro ... -
Vitrification of day old turkey testes and ovaries, and subsequent transplantation and folliculogenesis growth rates and patterns in chickens
(2015-11-03)The overall aim of this thesis was to determine if day old turkey gonads could be cryopreserved and transplanted into recipient poults. This would allow for grafts to develop and mature normally and potentially produce ... -
Vocal behaviour as an indicator of welfare in cattle
(2001-01-01)I investigated the use of vocal behaviour in cattle as an indicator of welfare. The first study (Chapter 3) investigated effects of restraint and branding on 189 beef calves. Branded animals gave more, higher, louder ... -
Voice and Touch Diagrams (VATagrams) Diagrams for the Visually Impaired
(2011-10-07)If a picture is worth a thousand words would you rather read the two pages of text or simply view the image? Most would choose to view the image; however, for the visually impaired this isn’t always an option. Diagrams ... -
VOICES FROM THE FRONT LINE: EXAMINING PERCEPTIONS REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION DRIVERS AS VIEWED THROUGH PRACTICES IN ONE SCHOOL SYSTEM
(2019-04-08)The intent of this study was to understand practitioners' perceptions regarding the process of implementation within one rural school system, examining the implementation process through the lens of the National Implementation ... -
Voices from the principalship : The experiences of five women who are principals in Jamaican primary and secondary schools
(2012-06-26)There is much to be gained from the experiences of women who have advanced to the principalship in primary and secondary schools. This thesis is a feminist highlight of the experiences of five Jamaican women principals, ...