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U.S. Foreign Policy Interests and Iran’s Nuclear Program
(2014-06-20)This thesis is an analysis of the motivations behind U.S. efforts to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapons program. It argues that U.S. actions must be viewed within a larger context; specifically it must be viewed ... -
UHECR flux from SHDM annihilation in GC-like substructures
(2006-02-07)The objective of this thesis is to outline a relation between the measured Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) flux and theoretical models for Super Heavy Dark Matter (SHDM) annihilation in Globular Cluster (GC)-like ... -
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada: The Changing Identity (1990-2013)
(2014-08-19)This research is dedicated to the modern history of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. Drawing on the analysis of the major events in the history of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and fieldwork at the Holy ... -
Ukrainian Ostarbeiters in Canada: Individual and Collective Remembering
(2013-01-18)When the Second World War came to an end, some 150 thousand Ukrainian Ostarbeiters (civilian labourers who were forcibly recruited to work for the Nazi economy during the war) refused to return from Germany to the ... -
The Ukrainian wedding: an examination of its rites, customs, and traditions
(1985)The Ukrainian wedding of the 19th and early 20th centuries is an integral and probably the most important rite of passage in Ukrainian society. The wedding ceremonies provide an orderly framework which couples followed ... -
Ultra low-power fault-tolerant SRAM design in 90nm CMOS technology
(2010-06)With the increment of mobile, biomedical and space applications, digital systems with low-power consumption are required. As a main part in digital systems, low-power memories are especially desired. Reducing the power ... -
Ultra-Wideband CMOS Transceiver Front-End for Bio-Medical Radar Sensing
(2015-10-23)Since the Federal Communication Commission released the unlicensed 3.1-10.6 GHz frequency band for commercial use in early 2002, the ultra wideband (UWB) has developed from an emerging technology into a mainstream research ... -
ULTRA-WIDEBAND NONLINEAR ECHO-CANCELLATION
(2018-09-24)Hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) networks are used around the world to distribute cable television and broadband internet services to customers. These networks are governed by the Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification ... -
ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENTS FOR THE EVALUATION OF THERMAL FATIGUE DAMAGE
(1992-09)An ultrasonic test system was assembled to evaluate the ability of ultrasonic measurements to measure thermal fatigue damage in composite material systems. The ultrasonic test system used a modification of the sing-around ... -
Ultrathin films and interfacial phenomena - a comparison of different molecular organization processes
(2003-07)The objective of this thesis was to investigate what effect the method of preparing a monolayer had on its organization and electrical properties. Gold electrodes were modified with alkanethiols, n - hexadecanethiol (HDM) ... -
Umm Meshrat I and II : two Late Neolithic sites along the Wadi ath-Thamad, Jordan
(2002-10)Umm Meshrat I and II are two adjacent sites located in the Wadi ath-Thamad survey area, approximately 20 km southeast of Madaba, Jordan. The survey team carried out surface collections and preliminary test probes at Umm ... -
Un regard sur l’Autochtone : l’affirmation de la voix métisse chez Maurice Constantin-Weyer et Annette Saint-Pierre
(2018-09-18)Ce mémoire examine le regard du Blanc sur l’Autochtone et les stratégies d’affirmation de la voix revendicatrice métisse, plus particulièrement le refus de la trajectoire de l'histoire que le Blanc essaie d’imposer, et la ... -
Unceasing occupation : love and survival in three late-twentieth-century Canadian World War II novels
(2004-06-23)The unprecedented acts of brutality, persecution, and genocide perpetrated in the Second World War caused ruptures within language, creating a need for both individual and collective re-definitions of love, privacy, truth, ... -
Uncertainty analysis of a particle tracking algorithm developed for super-resolution particle image velocimetry
(2003-05-26)Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is a powerful technique to measure the velocity at many points in a flow simultaneously by performing correlation analysis on images of particles being transported by the flow. These images ... -
UNCOMMON REALITIES
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Uncoupled and coupled solutions of volume change problems in expansive soils
(2002-12)Lightly loaded structures constructed on expansive soils are often subjected to severe distress subsequent to construction, as a result of changes in the pore-water pressures in the soil. The structures most commonly damaged ... -
Under the Accountability Microscope: Canadian Indigenous Accountability Policies, 2006-2016
(2017-05-03)Political commentary, including discussion of Indigenous accountability, regarding nation to nation relationship building with Canada’s Indigenous nations has increased significantly since the federal election in October ... -
Undergraduate education students' leadership understandings
(2007)The purpose of this study was to explore and represent students’ leadership understandings that emerged from discussions of their past and current leadership experiences in everyday life, their school experiences, and their ... -
Understanding and modeling of aesthetic response to shape and color in car body design
(2008)This study explored the phenomenon that a consumer's preference on color of car body may vary depending on shape of the car body. First, the study attempted to establish a theoretical framework that can account for this ... -
Understanding and Supporting Rural Saskatchewan Beginning Teachers' Perceptions of Their Psychological Contracts: A Pathway to Flourishing in Schools
(2014-04-09)As teachers begin their careers they develop a psychological contract with their organization (Rousseau, 1995); beginning teachers have expectations about what supports will be available and what they will give the ...