Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
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T-DNA tagging In Brassica carinata with a promoterless gus : NPTII gene fusion vector
(1998-04-01)An efficient system for or 'Agrobacterium'-mediated transformation of Brassica carinata was used together with a promoterless gus::nptII gene fusion to isolate putative promoter sequences. Cotyledonary petioles were ... -
T. S. Eliot's verse drama
(1966)The aspirations of many of England's greatest poets seem to indicate that there is more than a little to be said for the theory that the poet, as he perfects his art, tend to move from the lyric to the epic and thence to ... -
Tailoring of whey protein isoalte stabilized oil-water interfaces for improved emulsification
(2014-08-29)In this thesis, mechanisms for enhancing the stability of whey protein emulsions using two approaches were investigated. First, the physicochemical and emulsifying properties of whey protein isolate (WPI), and its two main ... -
Tails & tales
(2007-09-14)Tails & Tales is a collection of work that explores the construction of identity within a contemporary painting practice. Based on an autobiographical use of my own body as source material, this series of paintings and ... -
Taiwanese identity and language education
(2004-11-01)In this thesis I look at the question of Taiwanese identity by focussing on characteristics that have come to be considered natural human identity attributes worldwide. I look at historical discourses that have depicted ... -
Taking back history : Irish women's fiction, 1928-1988
(1991-01)In this study of modern historical fictions by female writers I argue that there is an "invisible intertext" in women's writing in Ireland that challenges the tradition discerned by mainstream critics. The mainstream ... -
Taking rhetoric to work : a dramatistic analysis of organizational leadership in The Office
(2010-12-15)This thesis focuses on ways that rhetorical theory can assist in better understanding the dysfunctions of the modern organizational environment. At its root, organizational dysfunction refers to those parts of our ... -
TAKING SUFFERING SERIOUSLY: A ROBUST APPROACH TO ENFORCING THE RIGHT TO NATIONALITY OF STATELESS PEOPLE
(2014-01-03)This thesis interrogates the continued statelessness of more than 12 million stateless people around the world, in the face of Article 15 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which provides that everyone ... -
Taking up the plow (again)? Exploring the resurgence of First Nations farming and food production in the Canadian Prairies
(2020-01-23)The Canadian Prairies are known as a centre of agriculture and food production, but the experiences of Indigenous peoples are rarely included in this narrative. This research investigated the current state of First Nations ... -
A Tale of Two Pathways: Secretin Assembly in Vibrio cholerae
(2014-11-14)The Type 2 Secretion System (T2SS) is responsible for the transport of toxins and enzymes across the outer membrane of many Gram-negative bacteria. A crucial component of the T2SS is a large pore, composed of a multimer ... -
TAPAHTÊYIMOWIN: A HEURISTIC STUDY OF INDIGENOUS EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
(2016-09-14)I elected to initiate dialogue with three Indigenous educational leaders and explore their experiences in educational leadership, the knowledge and strategies that they employed in pursuing objectives on behalf of their ... -
Taphonomy of modern and ancient vertebrate traces in the marginal sediments of saline, alkaline and freshwater lakes, Baringo-Bogoria basin, Kenya Rift Valley
(2005-08-05)Actualistic, sedimentological, and experimental approaches to the study of vertebrate trace taphonomy in the Kenya Rift Valley have permitted the characterization and even quantification of factors that influence trace ... -
Tar abatement using dolomites during the gasification of pine sawdust
(2008)Biofuels like ethanol are gaining serious momentum because of concerns over climate change and the rising cost of fossil fuels. Saskatchewan is the first province in Canada to pass a law requiring ethanol blended into its ... -
TARGET FINISHING BEEF STEERS AND 1996 NRC BEEF MODEL EVALUATION
(1999)Two trials were conducted to determine the effects of breed-type, backgrounding program, and endpoint on the feedlot and carcass performance of beef steers, and to evaluate the 1996 National Research Council (NRC) Beef ... -
Targeted chemotherapy: Trastuzumab tailored Docetaxel loaded PLGA nanoaparticles for HER2 positive breast cancer
(2015-08-17)This study was designed to explore the rationale of using trastuzumab (TmAb) tailored docetaxel (Doc) loaded poly-D, L-lactide-co-glycolide (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs) to target the human epidermal receptor-2 (HER2) receptors ... -
Targeted drug delivery based on adhesion domains of immunoglobulin superfamily : P0 protein as a model
(1999-01-01)The objectives of this study were (i) to investigate the feasibility of targeting liposomes reconstituted with P0 protein (an immunoglobulin [Ig] superfamily cell adhesion molecule from peripheral nerve myelin) to melanoma ... -
Targeted therapy of osteosarcoma with radiolabeled monoclonal antibody to an insulin-like growth factor-2 receptor
(2019-09-19)Osteosarcoma (OS) represents 3.4% of all childhood cancers with overall survival of 70% not improving in 30 years. The consistent surface overexpression of insulin-like growth factor-2 receptor (IGF2R) has been reported ... -
TARGETING EPHB6 SYNTHETIC LETHALITY IN BREAST CANCER
(2019-06-07)Traditionally, cancer treatments focus on proteins impacted by either an increase in expression or a gain-of-function mutation. Loss-of-function mutations or especially down-regulation usually cannot be targeted directly ... -
Targeting inflammation and neurogenesis in an animal model of small-vessel stroke
(2007)Therapeutic strategies of stroke can take two directions: to prevent brain damage from stroke or aid in its repair after a stroke. In this thesis, a rat stroke model, which mimics the human small vessel stroke, was used. ... -
Targeting of Ecosystem Goods and Services:Directing Agri-Environmental Policy Innovation
(2013-07-05)There has been active development and implementation of agri-environmental policies dealing with the provision of ecosystem goods and services over the years. However, these policies have often not been directed towards ...