In this thesis, a quantitative analysis of the optical response of an amorphous semiconductor is presented. The entire analysis is cast within the framework of an empirical model for the valence band and conduction band ...

Power systems in large geographic environments experience diverse weather phenomena. Due to spatial separation and economic diversification, load centres will exhibit differing electrical demand. This diversity of weather ...

Depression and anxiety are the most commonly experienced mental health conditions in Canada. Research has shown that one of the significant factors in the under-treatment of mental health conditions is a lack of access to ...

Pain underassessment among older adults living in long-term care has been recognized as an ethical concern and an area requiring further attention. It is estimated that up to 80% of older adults in long-term care suffer ...

Rhizobia are Gram negative, motile, non-sporulating soil bacteria, which interact with legume plants symbiotically to form nitrogen-fixing nodules. In the free-living state, rhizobia dwell in the rhizosphere and surrounding ...

It is critical to identify and use appropriate ecological indicators to detect, monitor and assess the impacts of environmental stressors on natural systems in order to effectively legislate, protect and restore ecosystems. ...

This work developed a mechanistic corrosion model that can be used to predict corrosion rate of carbon steel in the carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption processes using aqueous solutions of monoethanolamine (MEA). The developed ...

In this study, the detailed effects of waterflooding and solvent injection on vapour extraction (VAPEX) heavy oil recovery are studied by using a visual rectangular sandpacked high-pressure VAPEX physical model with a ...

In computational learning theory, concepts are subsets of a set of instances and a concept class is a set of concepts. In many computational learning models, learning algorithms have the goal to identify the target concept ...

This phenomenological research study had as its focus the concept of „self as learner‟ as an internal, complex process of self-discovery within human experience. It sought to illuminate, firstly, the meanings youth and ...