identifier: Khosrokhah, Shahryar  (2003) Contribution on geotechnial and structural instrumentation by means of fiber optic sensors.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Instrumentation is a tool to verify the stability, performance and functionality of natural and man-made structures in short, medium and long term. In this study, all efforts has been made to answer numerous questions which always arise in civil works in terms of instrumentation, such as why, where, and when do we use instruments; how can we benefit from instruments optimization in construction projects; what kind of problems may come out with selecting improper instruments; what type of instruments exist in the market and what sort of phenomena could be measured by instruments, etc.  The emphasis is on a new generation of instruments called "Fiber Optic sensors" which is an appreciable revolution in geotechnical and structural instrumentation industry. The main objective of this study is to compare Fiber Optic sensors with conventional instruments and accordingly Tehran telecommunication/TV tower has been selected as a first existing instrumented tower by both: classical instruments and fiber optic sensors.


identifier: Tudor, Magdalena  (2003) Turbulent characteristics of counter flowing wall jets.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

type: Thesis NonPeerReviewed

abstract: The industrial effluents and municipal wastewater plant effluents discharged into a stream are expected to undergo dilution in a short reach of the stream. To permit this, the devices used to discharge the effluent should ensure rapid mixing of the effluent in the stream. Jets act as simple and efficient devices that accomplish this task. Counter flowing wall jets located in closed conduits can also be used for efficient mixing of chemicals used in water and wastewater plants.  The increased interest in the use of cross jets and counter flowing jets to ensure proper mixing of effluents in a stream can be traced to the larger scales of mixing achieved by these devices, as compared to the traditional co-flowing jet devices. Existing counter flowing wall jet studies are mostly limited to the determination of the mean flow characteristics of the jet. These include the determination of the functional relationship among the main jet parameters such as the jet velocity ratio, the width of the recirculation zone and the penetration length of the jet.  In the present study, the mean and turbulent mixing characteristics of the counter flowing wall jets were determined experimentally using a Laser Doppler velocity meter (LDA). This information was used to find the dependence of the length scales and the velocity scales of the counter flowing wall jet on the basic parameters. To validate the experimental procedure, the mean velocity profiles, turbulent components and jet expansion angle of wall jets were determined. The validation was quite good. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)


identifier: Chen, HongQuan  (2003) Transcoding of MPEG-4 compressed video.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Transcoding of MPEG-4 compressed video

abstract: MPEG-4 is an ISO/IEC standard, developed by the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group). The transmission of MPEG-4 compressed video over channels with different capacities may require a reduction in bit rate if the transmission media has a lower capacity than the capacity required by the bitstream. There are many different approaches to this problem of bit rate conversion. A feasible and effective method is transcoding. The emphasis in this thesis is on transcoding of MPEG-4 compressed video both in the pixel domain and in the DCT domain. In the pixel domain, (joint) transcoding of MPEG-4 compressed video with drift error correction is discussed in this thesis. In the DCT domain, a new DCT Coefficient Translation and Truncation Transformation Matrix (DCTTTM) based motion composition scheme is proposed, and several suboptimal approaches to reducing the computational complexity are discussed. In addition, frame-skipping transcoding of MPEG-4 compressed bitstreams in the DCT domain is addressed as well.


identifier: Chen, Zhao  (2003) A performance evaluation of multiplexer scheduling algorithms.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: In the future, Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN) is expected to serve voice, video, data and other signals in a single network. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Internet have emerged as two competing networking architectures for the realization of B-ISDN. There is a need to provide support for service differentiation in both network architectures. An important network device for service differentiation is the scheduling algorithms implemented at the switch and router queues.  The objective of this thesis has been to provide a comprehensive performance study of these scheduling algorithms. The main scheduling algorithms are First In First Out (FIFO), Priority Queueing (PQ), Fair Queueing (FQ) and Weighted Round Robin (WRR) service disciplines. Several derivatives of these algorithms were introduced with varying efficiency and complexity. We compare these algorithms and their derivatives with respect to mean message delay, probability distribution of delay and call blocking probability performance measures. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)


identifier: Li, Jun  (2003) Design, analysis and experiments on micro-switches for optical applications.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) technology has shown its bright future in many fields, especially in optical communication fields. Because of its inherent advantages such as batch fabrication technique and small size, MEMS is becoming the dominant technology in optical crossconnect switches.  This thesis demonstrated the in-plane electro-thermally actuated uni-directional and novel bi-directional micro-switch prototypes. The novel bi-directional switches, which take the advantage of the features of CMOS technology, with the ability to bend in two opposite directions and to integrate with control circuits, have been fabricated by commercial CMOS technology. These uni-directional micro-switches have been realized by both MUMPS ® technology and CMOS technology to characterize the devices performances. Analytical models based on the specific technologies and finite element model (FEM) analysis were carried out to predict performances of switches with geometry design variations and compared with experimental results. Some interesting polysilicon material properties related phenomena, such as back bending and polysilicon resistance variation during heating and cooling cycles, have been found during experiments. This fundamental study about polysilicon material properties at high temperature in this work provides a reference and guidance for design and operation of these thermally actuated polysilicon devices.


identifier: Mu, Xiaohong  (2003) Investigation of electrostatically driven micro actuators.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: As the development of fiber optic communications, Micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) technology has been one of the most promising technologies to create optical components. MEMS devices have a number of advantages, such as small size, low power consumption, etc. However, more works and researches need to be done to improve the reliability, lifetime and functionality of these devices. The focus of this project is to investigate the fundamental mechanical and physical properties of simple microstructures utilized in typical MEMS devices.  In this project, an electrostatically driven micro actuator comprising a micro plate and a cantilever beam associated with thin film stresses is designed. The individual parts of the device are modeled and designed. First of all, the mechanical and physical effect of thin film stresses on the cantilever beam is modeled and simulated. Then the electrostatic and mechanical properties of the cantilever beam and the micro plate are investigated. In order to verify our results with practical devices, the proposed devices are fabricated using standard surface micromachining process, MUMPS technology, followed by post-processing technology. Experimental results and observations prove the modeling and simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental results. Furthermore some improvements and modifications of the fabricated devices are proposed for future research.


identifier: Wang, Qi  (2003) Wideband multi-level QAM MODEM with programmable bit rate and programmable intermediate carrier frequency.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) has been predominant in current wireless digital communications, such as satellite and microwave radio communications. Due to diverse wireless communication applications, a digital QAM modem with diverse bit rates (R) and intermediate carry frequency (IF) is of great interest. The main objective of this thesis is to design, analyze and implement a multi-level QAM modem with programmable bit rates and programmable IF, thus not only meeting different requirements, but also dramatically reducing the complexity of the following analog Radio Frequency (RF) block.  In the thesis, the digital QAM modem is built based on the fundamentals of Digital Communication Systems (DCS) and Digital Signal Processing (DSP). The underlying relationship between signal resampling and its filter impulse response is studied and analyzed. A new signed-array structure for 2's complement multiplication is introduced in order to improve the regularity and flexibility of hardware design. The modem analysis and comparisons are shown in terms of performances and structures. Hardware design techniques are developed in-depth. The modem model is coded in VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) and synthesized using Synopsys tools, and its performance is evaluated. The regular structure and portable VHDL coding of the modem can satisfy diverse applications implemented in different FPGAs or ASICs.


identifier: Sally, Sharon Louise  (2003) Orientation discrimination across the visual field : size-scaling estimates are contrast-dependent.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Performance in many visual tasks depends on visual field location and generally declines with increasing retinal eccentricity. The expression [F = 1 + E/E 2 ] represents a theory of how one may compensate for eccentricity dependent variations in sensitivity by appropriate scaling (F) of the stimuli at each eccentricity. E 2 indicates the eccentricity ( E ) at which the size of the stimulus must be doubled, relative to the foveal standard, to achieve equivalent performance. The parameter E 2 is considered to reflect changes in the spatial scale of mechanisms that subserve task performance. Unfortunately, E 2 s tend to vary widely, even for the same task. The present experiments have addressed this issue using orientation discrimination. These findings suggest that considerably heterogeneity of size-scaling E 2 s results from uncontrolled variations in perceptual contrast. Initial experiments indicated that the commonly used spatial-scaling technique of presenting stimuli at a fixed high level of contrast can result in inflated E 2 s. A method of controlling for perceptual contrast at high levels of stimulus contrast was therefore introduced. E 2 s recovered under these conditions were in the range of 1.29 ̕to 1.83 ̕(Sally & Gurnsey, 2003a). These estimates are in line with those of the classic spatial-scaling study on orientation discrimination of Mäkelä, Whitaker and Rovamo (1993) conducted at high contrasts. The E 2 for orientation discrimination was then determined using two methods (Melmoth, Kukkonen, Mäkelä & Rovamo, 2000a,b and Poirier & Gurnsey, 2002) that provide estimates of size- and contrast-scaling at near-threshold levels of stimulus contrast. Size-scaling E 2 s were reasonably consistent across methods and were substantially larger than those obtained at high stimulus contrasts, ranging from 3.71 ̕to 6.86.̕ The high-contrast experiment (Sally & Gurnsey, 2003a) was then replicated at low levels of stimulus contrast; perceptual contrasts were equated through a matching procedure. Size-scaling E 2 s were again large: 3.42 ̕and 3.50.̕ In conclusion, E 2 s for orientation discrimination depend critically on stimulus contrast and are small at high contrasts and large at low contrasts. This may be due to dynamic changes in the spatial structure of orientation selective mechanisms at low stimulus contrasts.


identifier: Zhao, Qi  (2003) Mechanical behavior of triaxial woven fabric (TWF) composites.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This study is to explore the mechanical behavior of TWF composites. It covers following five aspects: (1) Two finite element models (Superelement 1 and Superelement 2) were developed for prediction of mechanical behavior of TWF composites. Superelement 1 is a 15-node superelement constructed of six identical 8-node 3D isoparametric elements and three identical 4-node 2D isoparametric laminate elements. Superelement 2 is similar to the first element except that this element takes into account the geometric and material properties of the twisted yarns. The assembly is done by the pseudo element technique suggested herein and the static condensation procedure. Superelement 1 can be used for the vibration analysis with some economy of computer space and time. Superelement 2 can be used for detailed stress analysis and for strength prediction. Although these two elements are developed for the TWF composites, they can be applicable for analytical models for other materials and structures made of other types of textile composites. (2) A series of experiments were done to obtain the tensile elastic constants of the TWF composites done by another person. Finite element models (Superelement 1 and Superelement 2) developed for the TWF composites were used to provide results for comparison with experiments. The effects of sizes and aspect ratios of TWF panels on their Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio are studied. (3) Thermal deformation behavior of TWF composites is modeled using Superelement 2. Thermal deformation behavior and Thermal Expansion Coefficients (TECs) of the TWF composites are evaluated. Effects of the aspect ratios and size of the panels on the TECs are studied. (4) The mechanical behavior of a sector of the reflector subjected to uniform pressure is studied by modeling several different-scale sectors using Super-finite elements. (5) Progressive failure of TWF composite panels subjected to uni-axial extension is studied numerically and experimentally. TWF panel is discretized respectively using linear and nonlinear Super-Finite-Elements proposed here. Tensor polynomial progressive failure procedure is employed with maximum stress, Hoffman and Tsai-Wu criteria. Two displacement-loading cases were considered. The first and ultimate failure loads, maximum extension displacement, locations and modes of failure are estimated and compared well with experimental data.


identifier: Ghadirian, Sina  (2003) Irregular : a short novel.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Irregular : a short novel

abstract: This creative writing thesis consists of a short novel, whose plot revolves around an attempt by three friends to establish a language school in northern Thailand. The story is told from the point of view of one of these characters, who is suffering from an unlabelled mental illness. Intertwined with the main thread of the narrative are two other major plot strands: the evolution of the relationship between the characters, and the narrator's attempt to self-diagnose his illness.  Along the way, the novel indirectly touches on a number of themes, including issues of male homosociality (the dynamics of male bonding, the dialectic between competitiveness and compassion, etc.). It also draws attention to how new patterns of intercultural relationships are being made possible by the convergence of North American multiculturalism with the booming world market for English language education.  These concerns remain relatively in the background, however. Thematically speaking, the story is first and foremost the recounting of an experience of mental illness and a depiction of how events and relationships are refracted through that experience.


identifier: Wigston, Katrina Suzanne  (2003) Representations of Satan in 16th century Scotland.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Scotland in the 16 th century was a highly unstable country, both politically and religiously. As a result of a weak monarch, corrupt papacy, an increase of literacy, and the strong leadership of a few individuals, Scotland experienced a Protestant Reformation that began in the early 16 th century, and ended in the 1560's. John Knox was the leader of the Reformation, and this thesis focuses predominantly on his life and contribution to the Reformation within Scotland.  Reformation also occurred throughout Europe, with other leaders arising to create different forms of Protestantism. Martin Luther, who has been acknowledged as the original Protestant reformer, and Jean Calvin, who's understanding of Protestantism was both unique and influential, heavily effected John Knox's theological beliefs. This thesis examines the effect Luther and Calvin had on Knox in regards to both his reformation beliefs, and his understanding of Satan.  The final section of this thesis summarized the effect that Luther and Calvin had on Knox's beliefs regarding Satan, and also examined John Wyclif and the Lollards as potentially being a strong influence on the Scottish reformer's beliefs regarding the anti-Christ. Finally, Knox's beliefs were explained as being characteristic of much of Scotland, and although Scotland was in many ways a Calvinist country, Martin Luther predominantly influenced Scotland's beliefs regarding the anti-Christ.


identifier: Shulman, Celia  (2003) The influence of Hegel on Emil Fackenheim's understanding of Judaism.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Fackenheim's use of Midrash resonates with a Hegelian prism through which one approaches philosophy, religion and history. The anti-Judaism that is found in Hegel is largely due to his unfamiliarity with Jewish sources. His main contention is that Judaism is no longer historically relevant because Jews have lost their sovereign state and that Judaism is no longer a true philosophy or religion, since revelation is a one time event, which cannot be carried to the present or the future. The undialectical nature of Judaism is, to Hegel, the reason why Judaism is surpassed by Christianity. Fackenheim juxtaposes Hegel's framework with Midrash to show that, indeed, a vital Judaism has appeared on the historical scene the second time. To Fackenheim, the Holocaust and the State of Israel are major watersheds in the history of Judaism, with the Holocaust having revelatory significance. Judaism's historical rootedness is paralleled by the importance Hegel attributed to history in his own analytical framework.


identifier: Panju, Karim  (2003) Equity style timing : a multi-style rotation model for the Russell large-cap and small-cap growth and value style indexes.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: In their search for "excess returns", investors have always considered timing strategies to be potential value-enhancement tools. While transaction costs in the past have often rendered such strategies unprofitable, we can expect the ongoing decline in these costs to be accompanied by a proliferation of timing strategies by investors. Therefore, being able to time the market accurately has significant implications for researchers and practitioners alike. In this paper, we develop a timing model based on macroeconomic and fundamental public information using Frank Russell large-cap and small-cap style indexes. Despite the fact that there exists an extensive literature on equity style timing, our study differs from other studies in that it attempts to time four different markets segments simultaneously and use a multinomial logit approach as opposed to the more common binary logit approach. The results show that the terminal wealth for the portfolio generated by our model is more than two times larger than the terminal wealth of the best performing buy-and-hold portfolio, suggesting that significant opportunities for "excess returns" can be exploited by implementing a multi-style rotation strategy that employs the investment recommendations of our model. Additional finding shows that the profitability of pursuing such strategy remains in the presence of reasonable levels of transaction costs.


identifier: De B'béri, Boulou Ebanda  (2003) Africanicity in Black cinema : a horizontal labyrinth of trans-geographical practices of identity.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This dissertation examines the role of cinema as a conduit of black expressions of identity. It finds that since its inception, cinema has played an important part in generating, on the one hand, imaginary significations about black peoples, and, on the other hand; imaginative signifying(s) harmonized with black expressions of identity.  This dissertation reviews the categories of cultural and-political identity in order to discern the reenacted practices of expression linking the socio-historical experience of black peoples to trans-geographical expressions of identity in film. It concludes that specific paradigms of communication, such as 'affectivity' and 'resilience,' determine the ways in which some black people articulate their practices of identity through the medium of cinema. Examination of these paradigms as discursive practices of ' détournement ' or ' marronage ' allows us to understand the more complex effects of Africanicity as a necessary reenactment and articulation of their social, cultural, and historical experiences


identifier: Chen, Eva  (2003) An electronic market for agent-supported business negotiations.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: As the information age grows, electronic commerce expands to every facet of business, creating new marketplaces for buyers and sellers to transact at their convenience. Electronic negotiation is essential to generating competitive markets for business transactions. Furthermore, the use of multi-issue negotiation allows for cooperative and competitive discussions. However, multi-issue electronic negotiation is a complex process that requires an agent system to support novice and sometimes experienced users.  This thesis involves: (1) the design and implementation of an electronic market (eAgora) that allows individuals to negotiate on multiple issues and (2) the development of an intelligent agent system capable of assisting market participants in their negotiation activities. This is achieved by utilizing an innovative framework based on Agent-Oriented, Fusebox and traditional systems development methodologies. Both the electronic market and agent system implementations are verified in a preliminary usability test.*  *This dissertation is a compound document (contains both a paper copy and a CD as part of the dissertation)


identifier: Olyan, Mark  (2003) Surviving survival : the life & death of the Kosinskian man.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Jerzy Kosinski (1933-1991) was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor who wrote a number of critically acclaimed novels between 1965 and 1988. His first, The Painted Bird (1965), was significant in helping to bring survivor literature into the public consciousness. Since its initial publication, the book has never been out of print and has subsequently been translated into over thirty languages.  The discussion which follows examines seven of Kosinski's nine works of fiction and focuses on the significance of the Kosinskian protagonist. These distinctive male characters evolve from novel to novel, but they all have one thing in common: their survival experience, as young children, defines them for the rest of their lives (as well as throughout the rest of Kosinski's texts). The severity of their wounds affects the way that they see and experience the world, and impairs their ability to relate to others.  This work proposes that all the protagonists together make up what amounts to a life cycle. From his appearance in The Painted Bird to his demise in The Hermit of 69th Street: The Working Papers of Norbert Kosky , the young boy survivor remains the focal point of Kosinski's work, as he moves from adolescence to manhood and struggles to reenter society. Regardless of where they venture, Kosinski's protagonists cannot escape their earliest childhood memories. They are never truly at peace. For these characters, the Holocaust continues on, within them. Only their deaths, it seems, will discontinue their ongoing agony.


identifier: Tout, Wassim  (2003) Quantitative evaluation of the impact of floating point arithmetic units on the performance of DSP structures.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Arithmetic operations traditionally used fixed-point processing because it makes them less expensive. In integer and fixed-point arithmetic, multipliers are larger, slower and consume much more power than adders, which are often neglected in performance evaluation of DSP systems. In floating-point arithmetic that is not true and in this thesis we show that multipliers and adders are equally important. The thesis also emphasizes low power design. For that reason, some of the basic digital filter network structures, built with FP arithmetic units, are revisited to map their performance with different filtering functions. This thesis presents digital filter network structures' performance with different filtering functions. It presents filter network structures transformed from their original form to accommodate pipe-lined arithmetic units. These filter structures can also be implemented with fixed-point arithmetic units because of the speed advantage they provide. Several experiments, through hardware synthesis of the structures, show that FIR filter Direct form structure using an adder tree consumes less power than Direct form structure using a chain of adders and its Transposed form. They also show that for IIR filters, Direct form II using standard floating-point arithmetic units is power optimal. This research work is intended to provide designers with information on the performance of these structures with different applications in an effort to help reduce the "design gap"


identifier: Guo, Yishu  (2003) Combined adaptive multiuser detection for DS-CDMA system.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The inadequacy of the conventional Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) receivers in a multiple access interference-limited mobile radio environment has spurred research on advanced receiver technologies. This research investigates the use of adaptive receivers for multi-user detection to overcome some of the deficiencies of a conventional receiver and, hence, suppress the multiple access interference (MAI) and narrow band interference (NBI) in DS/CDMA wireless systems. The MAI is a major factor influencing the communication quality and the capacity in CDMA wireless systems. Hence, suppression of MAI and NBI are essential for an efficient performance of a CDMA wireless system and to enhance the system capacity. Analysis of the conventional detector and minimum mean-squared error (MMSE) detector is carried out to provide a better understanding of the effect of the channel parameters on the performance of the detectors and to explain the near-far resilience of the receiver. The performance of these detectors are compared and analyzed. The derivation of the relationship between the minimum mean-squared error detector and minimum output energy (MOE) detector is developed in order to provide an adaptive implementation of the later.  The limitation of the existing RLS blind algorithms for MMSE detector in AWGN channels is analyzed. In order to improve the performance of the existing schemes and to eliminate the requirement of training sequences, a scheme combining the blind adaptation and MAI cancellation is proposed. The performance of this algorithm is analyzed and compared with the existing schemes. Extensive simulations have been carried out to demonstrate that the proposed scheme is more reliable and it provides an effective resilience to the environment changes.


identifier: Chapados, Louise  (2003) Les pratiques professionnelles en métiers d'art comme champ de production culturelle : l'exemple de la céramique.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Cette recherche porte sur l'évolution des pratiques professionnelles en métiers d'art et en céramique de la ±renaissance de l'artisanat» dans les années 1930, jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Les pratiques sont analysées selon le modèle sociologique de Pierre Bourdieu, prenant appui sur l'évolution des lieux et événements de diffusion qui, à partir des expositions commerciales du début du siècle jusqu'aux manifestations artistiques et à la reconnaissance institutionnelle des arts visuels, est située dans les contextes socio-économique, éducatif et artistique des relations des producteurs culturels avec le marché. Une attention particulière est portée aux questions de l'identité et de la définition des métiers d'art vis-à-vis des arts visuels en tant que catégories voisines dans la hiérarchie des arts, ainsi qu'aux tensions internes entre artisanat et métiers d'art modernes, à la fois techniques et artistiques. On constate que les pratiques professionnelles des métiers d'art et de la céramique ont conservé tout au long de leur histoire des liens importants avec l'économique, et un large public. On constate également que l'évolution des métiers d'art et de la céramique est peu connue, et que le portrait des pratiques professionnelles est incomplet dans la connaissance des cheminements des artisans et de leurs productions dans le monde culturel et artistique du Québec actuel.


identifier: Dodd, Alexandra  (2003) The substance of night.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: The substance of night

abstract: The Substance of Night is a series of linked short stories and fragments. Read in relation to one another, they take the form of an aggressively punctuated coming-of-age narrative in which the protagonist, Alice Webster, comes to terms with the limits of her youthful freedom.  In terms of the short story form, I am most interested in tales that deviate from the norm, departing from or reinventing the generic conventions. I am particularly fascinated by the narrative strategies of certain stories by Alice Munro and Mavis Gallant that are unconventionally episodic, stretching over lengthy periods of time and spanning different geographic settings. This extended episodic form is a more fitting vehicle for my essentially lyrical, stream-of-conscious subject matter than the short, sharp shocks of a writer like Raymond Carver.  The tales in this collection explore a series of crucible incidents that take place in Alice's childhood and early twenties, determining her sense of emergent identity as a young South African woman in perpetual flight from her motherland


identifier: Kaderavek, Karen  (2003) Rapture and despair : the bipolar affect and creativity.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Heightened self-expression and innovation in the creative arts requires an extraordinary output of psychic and physical energy. Such expenditure is useful, atypical, exhausting and for some, necessary. This thesis will explore elevated artistic expression by considering the lives of four remarkable composers, each a creative genius in his own right: Robert Schumann, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Edward Elgar and Charles Mingus. Schumann and Mingus are the principal subjects of investigation; Tchaikovsky and Elgar are secondary. The nature and manifestations of their creative processes were inherently similar: sporadic and cyclical. Their radical productivity, often accompanied by feelings of euphoria and invulnerability, was almost always followed by profound lapses of energy and despair, and at times the absence of functional ability. In examining the lives of these exceptional pioneers I will be investigating the universality of behaviors that may illuminate the nature of this cyclic bipolar phenomenon so many artists share. This analysis will be divided into three categories: formative experiences, primary relationships and cultural influences.


identifier: Carrillo Rivera, Jorge Miguel  (2003) Behavioral antecedents and strategic outcomes of inter-organizational collaborative capabilities.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Alliances have emerged as a strategy for firms to achieve and sustain a competitive position based on their capacity to innovate. Alliance success demands both strategic and behavioral fit. In order to assure alliance success, firms should develop relational skills by consistently performing a set of pro-social behaviors over time that cut across organizational boundaries. This study supports resource-based and social-exchange explanations of how firms develop relational and collaborative skills under the context of an emergent economy like Mexico. Cross sectional data revealed that sustaining a collaborative venture requires the development of certain sophisticated and complex organizational capabilities. Relational capabilities support and build the social architecture of exchange relationships. Collaborative capabilities support the interaction processes by focusing on preventing outcome discrepancies by working on the collaborative process discrepancies. The interaction of relational and collaborative capabilities results in the achievement of strategic outcomes like the development innovation capabilities.


identifier: Morosan, Calin Dan  (2003) New communication properties of Knödel graphs.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Knödel graphs W d,n of even order n and degree d , 1 X d X [Special characters omitted.] , have been introduced by W. Knödel as a result of their good properties in terms of broadcasting and gossiping information in interconnected networks. In particular, Knödel graphs of order 2 d and degree d have been widely studied because of their remarkable number of vertices to diameter ratio characteristic, which competes with hypercubes and circulant graphs of the same order.  In this thesis, a general definition of the Knödel graphs is given, based on a theorem of isomorphism, and a new family of complete rotations is found. Based on the Cayley graph definition of the Knödel graph, a new hierarchical structure is defined and its rotational properties are studied.  Although Knödel graphs have high symmetry properties, the diameter of the Knödel graphs is known only for W d,2 d , and the shortest path problem in logarithmic time, is an open problem. In this thesis, a logarithmic algorithm for the shortest path in W d,2 d is proposed, for a subset of the set of vertices, and a heuristic is given for the remaining vertices. The method described here opens the way of finding the shortest path in general and for solving the general problem of finding the diameter in every Knödel graph.


identifier: Ding, Jie Ping  (2002) In vivo studies of CRP and LRP in the regulation of sdaA, serA and metK genes in Escherichia coli K-12.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The sdaA gene of Escherichia coli encodes L-serine deaminase (L-SD), which degrades L-serine to ammonia and pyruvate. LRP represses the expression of both L-SD and sdaA . CRP was assumed to affect sdaA transcription, but this had not been proven. I demonstrated here that both CRP and LRP were involved in L-SD and sdaA expression. LRP repressed L-SD expression and sdaA transcription. CRP activated L-SD expression depending on the presence of LRP but did not affect sdaA transcription.  The genes for serA and metK are known to be regulated by LRP and are proposed to be regulated by CRP. CRP activated the serA P2 promoter. However, it did not affect serA expression overall. CRP was also involved in the regulation of metK expression through an unclear mechanism.  By providing ptsG expression on a plasmid, I identified one factor causing the slow growth rate of crp mutants. The rate of glucose uptake was suggested to affect the growth rate of crp mutants.


identifier: Lei, Shenggong  (2003) Formulation and mechanical properties of polypropylene nanocomposites.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Polymer nanocomposites (PNC) are a new type of material, in which the reinforcement must have at least one dimension in a nanoscale. Polymer/clay nanocomposites provide great advantages in terms of different properties in comparison with conventional mineral-filled polymers. In this work, the preparation of polypropylene (PP)/clay nanocomposites by melt process (Brabender mixer) from five different chemistries of organo-nanoclays and five different coupling agents with different functional groups, such as maleic anhydride (MA), amine (NH 2 ), onium ion (NH 3 + ), has been carried out. It should be noted here that the NH 3 + modified PP were first studied in this work. The effect of impurities in conventional coupling agents has also been investigated for the first time. Different processing temperatures, residence times and shear rates have been examined. The effects of parameters, such as type of coupling agent and clay, processing conditions, dispersion and interface interaction, were evaluated using different means, such as XRD, DSC, SEM, DMA, and mechanical properties. The rheological behavior of nanocomposites was also studied. The results obtained from this study provide a certain understanding on the relationship between the formulation, processing condition and performance. Significant improvement in stiffness and storage modulus was observed in nanocomposites formulated with coupling agent. However, the extent of the improvement of the nanocomposites' performance depends on the type of the clay and the coupling agent. In addition, the processing condition had great effects on the properties of PP nanocomposites.


identifier: Girard, Isabelle  (2002) Foraging and growth in relation to habitat use of young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Using snorkeling observations, I examined the habitat use and preference of 216 individually tagged young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon in their first summer of life, using both a univariate and a multivariate approach. Habitat preference was determined by comparing the habitat used by fish to that available in the stream. The univariate analyses showed that salmon preferentially used a wide range of current velocity (6-48 cm·s -1 ) and water depth (20-39 cm) and a narrower range of cover (complete cover from aerial predators) and substrate (pebbles). However, a multivariate logistic regression approach showed that only water depth and current velocity were key variables in habitat selection. Indeed, habitat preference of salmon increased with current velocity and water depth and then decreased at water depths above 30 cm. Drift rate within the stream was surveyed in order to predict food abundance for each fish in the study site. Correlates of fitness (i.e. foraging rate and growth rate) were also measured to relate individual fitness of each fish to their habitat choice. The results showed that y-o-y Atlantic salmon did not grow at a faster rate in the preferred habitats, despite the increase in food abundance and a higher foraging rate. I suggest that young-of-the-year salmon can grow reasonably well in a variety of habitat types and that the ideal free distribution may be a better description of their habitat use than the ideal despotic distribution.


identifier: Galperin, Bella Lise  (2002) Determinants of deviance in the workplace : an empirical examination in Canada and Mexico.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Workplace deviance is becoming an increasingly important issue for organizations. Destructive deviant behaviors, such as theft, workplace aggression, and sabotage, can result in substantial economic and social costs for organizations. To date, employee deviance has generally been conceptualized as destructive. While deviant behavior may be harmful, employee deviance can be constructive and functional as well. Employees who engage in constructive deviance, such as innovative behaviors, can provide organizations with necessary creativity.  Despite the importance of understanding employee deviance, little is known on the determinants of employee deviant behavior. In this study, the determinants of both destructive and constructive deviance were investigated. The relationship between deviance and individual, job, organizational, and cultural factors were examined. Furthermore, it was proposed that the extent to which people feel confident in performing their roles would have an impact on the relationship between job factors and workplace deviance. It was hypothesized that role breadth self-efficacy (RBSE) both moderates and mediates the relationship between job autonomy and deviant behavior.  The hypotheses were tested using a total sample of employees (N = 668) from two organizations in Canada (n = 240) and three organizations in Mexico (n = 428). While self-reports of the employee were used as the primary source of data, the co-workers' perspective was also utilized to complement the research findings. The results of the study generally show support for the hypotheses relating to individual, job, and organizational factors. While RBSE mediated the relationship between job autonomy and innovative organizational constructive deviance in the total sample, the mediation model for destructive deviance was not supported. Similarly, the results suggested that RBSE moderated the relationship between job autonomy and constructive deviance but not destructive deviance in the total sample. While many of the hypothesized relationships were similar across cultures, country-specific differences in Canada and Mexico were also observed.  By identifying the major factors relating to employee deviance, this study attempted to increase our understanding of the determinants of both destructive and constructive deviance. The findings can provide managers with new insights in finding ways to prevent destructive deviant behaviors, such as petty theft, and to enhance constructive deviant behaviors, such as role innovation. Future research directions are also discussed.


identifier: Immarigeon, Ariane Aimée  (2003) Advanced impingement/film-cooling schemes for high-temperature gas turbines : numerical study.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Ongoing research strives to optimize gas turbine blade film cooling so that it achieves maximum performance while using a minimum amount of coolant. The feasibility of an advanced impingement/film cooling scheme will be numerically investigated in this thesis. This scheme combines both the advantages of traditional film cooling with those of impingement cooling. The hole that transports the coolant fluid from the inside to the outside of the blade in this scheme is designed in such a way that the coolant must go through a bend before exiting into the mainstream, thus impinging onto the blade material. Furthermore, flow turbulators, or pedestals, are located on the path of the coolant before it exits from the hole, minimizing aerodynamic losses. Turbulence was modeled using the standard k-[varepsilon] turbulence model and two of its variants, namely the realizable and Renormalization Group k-[varepsilon] turbulence models with enhanced wall treatment. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)


identifier: Gao, Yingzi  (2001) Design and implementation of non-binary convolutional turbo codes.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This thesis is about non-binary convolutional turbo codes--codes constructed via parallel concatenation of two circular recursive systematic convolutional (CRSC) encoders linked by an interleaver. The focus of the work is on the understanding and design of non-binary convolutional turbo codes. This includes investigation of central components that influence non-binary convolutional turbo code performances, such as the component encoders and the interleaver, as well as the procedure of iterative decoding. The investigations are carried out for transmission on additive white Gaussian noise channels.  First, this thesis presents the theoretical background of channel coding and turbo coding. Next, a general and efficient maximum a posteriori (MAP) soft-input soft-output (SISO) decoding algorithm is presented. And then, the simplified Max-Log-MAP algorithm is derived for the double-binary convolutional turbo code, which follows the specifications of turbo coding/decoding in the DVB-RCS standard (Digital Video Broadcasting standard for Return Channel via Satellite), for twelve different block sizes and seven coding rates. The quantizer of turbo-decoder is designed for the goal of implementation. The effect of quantiztion on the performance of the decoder is analyzed and simulated. The correction coefficient of the simplified Max-Log-MAP algorithm is also discussed.  The DVB-RCS standard turbo code uses quaternary alphabet and QPSK modulation. In order to increase the bandwidth efficiency, we present an extended nonbinary turbo-coding scheme consisting of 8-ary triple-binary codes combined with 8PSK modulation. A comprehensive study over AWGN channel is carried out to show the good performance of the concatenated codes, the influence of various parameters and the symbol-by-symbol Max-Log-MAP algorithm


identifier: Pazira, Nelofer  (2003) Afghan women refugees in Pakistan and Iran : refugee transformation.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This is an exploratory case study, which documents social change in the pattern of everyday life of Afghan women refugees in Iran and Pakistan. The central question of the thesis asks: Do significant changes affecting-self-perception take place in a refugee woman's life as result of migration? And, supposing that such changes do occur how might the UN, non-governmental organizations, and the international aid agencies take them into account when designing their policies?  I have adopted a comparative approach in reviewing the literature of trends and patterns of various refugee experiences, including my own. I undertook field research (February-June 2000) that comprises a comparative study of refugee women's life in Iran and Pakistan and in the two locations of city and camp.  It became evident that migration does indeed produce significant socio-cultural changes in a refugee woman's life, and that these affect her view of herself. Specifically, living in exile enabled a majority of women refugees to connect the economic well-being of the family with female education and the ability to find employment. (This phenomenon, though it may seem obvious in the west, is a revolutionary notion for women from rural sector backgrounds long defined by a tribal, semi-feudal structure). Such a development in turn challenges the traditional view of gender relations, in which the man is inevitably seen as head of the family, provider and protector


identifier: Rogers, Susan  (2003) Studying the semantics of reproduction : a social systems analysis of new reproductive technologies.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This study is a theoretical analysis of human conception in the modern world. Emphasis is placed on Niklas Luhmann's concept of social systems as organisms of meaning creation which communicatively evolve with corresponding environments. Some of the reproductive technologies addressed include in-vitro fertilization, surrogacy, and egg and sperm donation. These forms of assisted reproduction are considered as social systems involved in self-referential communication with larger environments. This purpose of this study is to illustrate the means by which the social observer is able to uncover and objectively understand communication paths traveled by reproductive social systems. The two general social environments addressed are those pertaining to gender and the economy. Overall, reproductive systems are theorized as actively involved in meaningful intimate creation with gendered and economic environments through evolving codes of efficiency. This approach provides a multi-dimensional, and hence more inclusive understanding of reproductive technologies by tracing several of the countless purposeful trajectories between systems and environments.


identifier: Bentley, Vivianne M. N  (2002) The influence of parental and contextual variables on the quality of the mother-child relationship and child cognitive and behavioural outcomes : implications for the intergenerational transfer of risk.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The present set of two studies were designed to investigate the quality of the mother-child relationship in a sample of mothers and fathers with histories of childhood aggression and social withdrawal, and their at-risk children. In proposing a transfer of risk, it was hypothesized that childhood aggression and social withdrawal may affect the quality of emotional availability between mothers and children. Alternatively, the mother-child relationship may be compromised as a result of the multiple stresses that mothers experience. Participants were recruited from the Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project, a project that began in 1977 when 1,770 children in Grades 1, 4, or 7, from low SES neighbourhoods, were classified along the dimensions of aggression and social withdrawal. Study 1 focused on the high-risk mothers in the sample. Study 2 focused on the high-risk fathers within which it was possible to compare the quality of parenting and home environments provided by their spouses to the high-risk mothers who participated in Study 1. The interactions of mothers and their children were videotaped in their homes. Mothers completed questionnaires regarding income levels, parenting stress, levels of social support and depressive symptoms. In Study 1, evidence that the quality of emotional availability may be compromised by mother's childhood risk status was found. In particular, mother's childhood aggression in combination with social withdrawal predicted higher levels of hostility. There was also evidence for the transfer of risk as a result of contextual stresses. Mothers with higher stress levels were found to be less sensitive and more hostile in their interactions with their children. In evaluating the transfer of risk to children's cognitive and behavioural functioning both direct and indirect effects of childhood risk factors were found. In Study 2, there was less evidence for the intergenerational transfer of risk as a result of fathers' childhood risk status, or through the quality of their spouses' interactions with their children. In considering pathways for the intergenerational transfer of risk, the results of Study 1, in particular, support the notion that both parenting and environmental variables are important influences in children's development and can confer risk through different mechanisms. The results also underscore the importance of including both maternal and paternal variables in intergenerational research in order to further delineate mechanisms that impact the development of competence in young children.


identifier: Guedri, Zied  (2003) When does strategic group membership impact firm performance? : the role of multimarket competition and strategic networks.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Does strategic group membership affect firm performance? Strategic management scholars have long shown keen interest in elucidating this question. Yet, after three decades of theoretical and empirical investigation, little agreement has been reached over the research findings. Extant research examining the relationship between strategic group membership and firm-level performance has produced mixed and sometimes contradictory findings. Results vary from strong support for such a relationship, to only a small or non-significant association, along with some studies suggesting that the strength of the relationship is sensitive to research methodology.  Drawing from multi-point competition, structural embeddedness and social network literature, this longitudinal study attempts to address the inconsistency of these findings by proposing that the level of within-group multimarket contact, the density of ties maintained among group members, the extent of their role equivalence, and their centrality in the industry's network of strategic alliances moderate the relationship between strategic group membership and firm performance. Four hypotheses based on these arguments were tested using three samples from the pharmaceutical, the airline and the automotive industries. Empirical results provide support for all four hypotheses and suggest that analyzing the performance effects of strategic group membership independently of group members' market and network positions strongly eclipses the complex dynamics underlying persistent performance differences in an industry.


identifier: Zhang, Hui  (2003) Molecular cloning and characterization of the three genes coding for desulfoglucosinolate sulfotransferase in arabidopsis thaliana.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Three genes designated AtST5a, AtST5b and AtST5c from Arabidopsis thaliana , were characterized at the biochemical and molecular levels. They were found to code for desulfoglucosinolate sulfotransferases. Amino acid alignment of the three deduced amino acid sequences showed that they share 70-95% amino acid identity and 81-95% similarity. The results of enzymology studies showed that the three enzymes exhibit strict requirement for the thioglucose moiety of the desulfoglucosinolate substrate and for 3 ' -phosphoadenosine 5 ' -phosphosulfate as sulfate donor. The recombinant AtST5b and AtST5c enzymes exhibit broad substrate specificity with preference for 3-methylthiobutyl- and 2-phenylethyl desulfoglucosinolates. In contrast, the recombinant AtST5a enzyme is more specific and accepts only 3-methylthiobutyl desulfoglucosinolate to a significant level.  Promoter sequences of the AtST5a, 5b and 5c genes ( Pro5a, Pro5b and Pro5c ) were cloned into Ý-glucuronidase-containing vectors and transformed into Arabidopsis thaliana


identifier: Saxton, Tammy  (2002) Highlighting the discrepancy between for-profit healthcare and the multidimensional conception of health : a senior citizen's perspective.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Across western societies, health care reform efforts to contain the growing cost of health care and better accommodate the multidimensional conception of health has precipitated wide-spread skepticism over the sustainability of a publically funded health care system. This popular yet unfounded skepticism has resulted in the scape-goating of given populations that are conventionally believed to overuse health care services, namely, the elderly population.  In addressing the health care debate from a Canadian perspective, I identify the health needs of elderly people and demonstrate the extent to which they are being accommodated both in actuality and in the reform rhetoric. Drawing from volunteer experience at a senior's organization, interviews with health professionals, Statistics Canada surveys and secondary literature, my principle findings are two-fold: Firstly, the predominate ideological focus of reform is Neoliberalism which posits government intervention as a deterrent to the self-regulatory nature of the economy and has reinforced the medical model approach to health care by emphasizing institutionalized and compartmentalized reform efforts to contain expenditure. Secondly, Neoliberalism and the medical model are underpinned by the reified status of technical expertise in western culture which belies the multidimensional conception of health that, necessarily, extends beyond the physical confines of the body to encompass psycho-social experience and environmental impact. In particular, the question of etiology of elderly illness and depression is confounded by symptoms that intersect the boundaries between physical, mental and social health. I conclude that the variable nature of elderly health and well-being best demonstrates the multidimensional conception of health which, in turn, necessitates a publicly-funded health care system with particular emphasis on public health iniatives.


identifier: Vinet, Paul J  (1984) An experimental study to determine if non-obtrusive captions can influence learning from instructional television.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Jengo, Elias  (1973) An exploratory study on teachers' attitudes toward instructional television.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Said, Joseph Nassif  (1994) An extended relational model for managing uncertain information.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Uses a new approach to allow the information sources to contribute to any attribute value of any tuple or to the whole tuple in the extended relations.


identifier: Dinsmore, Cynthia K  (1980) An historical analysis, documentary summary, and teaching proposal for "referential abstraction" in Canadian painting, 1940-1960.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Dowler, Kevin L  (1993) An historical inquiry into the political and cultural context for the emergence of a television aesthetic in the nineteen-fifties.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This inquiry is concerned with the examination of an aesthetic discourse of television as it emerged in the early nineteen-fifties. The set of critical texts analyzed are considered as evidence of a shared disposition constitutive of a coherent discourse that regarded television as an aesthetic medium, or, at minimum, to embody aesthetic potentials.  The inquiry seeks to discern the cultural and historical conditions whereby an aesthetic analysis of television could be undertaken. This involves retracing genealogically the origins of the aesthetic of television through the analysis of critical discourses of popular media and aesthetics which emerged at the turn of the century in the United States, placing the development of a television aesthetic within the historical context of discourses that sought to legitimize aesthetic criticism of popular culture. The television aesthetic is seen to arise neither ex nihilo, nor as the simple outcome of the reapplication of a coherent "tradition" of criticism of popular culture that preceded it: it is both the product of historically antecedent discussion of the popular, and a product of the specific juncture within which it emerges.  Also addressed is the set of relations which obtain between this formation and other discursive formations, between those favourably disposed toward popular culture, and those espousing negative dispositions, focusing on the question of the conditions which allow the term aesthetic to be applied to popular media. This revolves around the question of the nominative capacities of intellectual and cultural formations with regard to all media: the capacity to determine what can or cannot be called art.  The discourses engaging with the popular are examined in relationship to other discourses and domains which held a different, and competing, definition of social and cultural space. This leads to assessing the set of relations which governed attitudes toward culture and authenticity, and why this discursive formation was unable to establish the legitimacy of television as an aesthetic medium


identifier: Piva, Frances E  (1973) An idyl confronted : the New England mill girls and the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Redding, Simon  (1985) An implementation of ALGOL W.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: An implementation of ALGOL W


identifier: Webb, Edward J  (1981) An improved microcomputer-based speech recognition system.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Badruddin, Syed Mohammad  (1982) An improved profile of the railway wheel to minimize residual stresses after severe drag braking.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Kahn, Monica  (1980) An in vivo study of the effects of [alpha]-tocopherol on the free-living nematode turbatrix aceti.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Horvath, Anthony  (1982) An information system for the control of high school truancy.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Lemon, Lizabeth S  (1993) An inner view : the novels of David Adams Richards.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This thesis explicates the narrative style and themes in the six novels published to date by Canadian author David Adams Richards. The study traces the development throughout the novels of the author's narrative presentation and the refinement of his themes.  In the introduction of the thesis the classifications of "regionalism" and "social realism" are examined with regards to how well they have represented the works of Richards. Because Richards' narratives attempt to reveal and celebrate the inner existence of his characters, it is proposed that the words "existential" or "explorative" be regarded as more appropriate terms to apply to his work. The body of the thesis follows (1) the development of Richards' narrative style, from the exploration of his characters' inner, subjective perspectives in his first two novels, the experimentation with first person narration in his third and fourth novels, to the omniscient narration in his two most recent novels; and (2) the evolution and refining of Richards' thematic concerns with the relationship between private and public sectors of society.


identifier: Landry, Elaine  (1992) An inquiry into students' obstacles (cognitive, epistemological, and ontological) affecting the understanding of mathematical infinity.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Examines the mental obstacles faced by undergraduate mathematics students in grasping the concept of mathematical infinity. Four case studies.


identifier: Johnson, Pandora  (1977) An inquiry into the effect of the political education curriculum and political knowledge/literacy on the political socialization of students : a case study of Bahamian students in Montreal.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Ayeni, Titilayo  (1979) An inquiry into the factors affecting the social and academic adjustment of Nigerian students in Montreal.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Carsen, Johanni  (1989) An inquiry into the phenomenon of written words in graphic images : towards a semiotics of art therapy.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Williams, Bertram Celestine Raoul  (1980) An inquiry into the plausibility of honoring students' views on the high school curriculum.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Badejo, Oluyemisi  (1981) An inquiry into the socio-cultural factors affecting the education of women in Northern Nigeria : a case study of Northern Nigerian women in Montreal.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Mugridge, Joseph  (1979) An inquiry into the use and misuse of technical education in Montreal.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Li, Chi Fai  (1993) An institutional interpretation of unemployment : the case of postwar Canada.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Explains why Keynesian and Monetarist macroeconomic policy have not licked the problems of inflation and unemployement. Advocates economic/social political institutional changes for Canada before current unemployment problems are overcome.


identifier: Moschakis, Aristidis Iliou  (1979) An international sound program center : ISPC.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Beament, Tib  (1972) An introduction to batik.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.

title: An introduction to batik


identifier: Gonzalez, Steve  (1975) An investigation into the effects of instructional objectives and questions of learning from prose.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Olivier, Julia Lorraine  (1992) An investigation into theories of drawing development and some of their implications for art therapy.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Includes case study of Adrian, a middle-aged man.


identifier: Cowdrey, Eric J. K.  (1970) An investigation of a finite cavity ionization theory.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Amundsen, Cheryl L  (1988) An investigation of institutional support for peer contact in distance education.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Nicholson, Penelope Anne  (1989) An investigation of learner characteristics and instructional control on Grade Five students.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Domingue, André Richard Joseph  (1988) An investigation of the behaviour of the maleonitriledithiolate dianion of platinum in heterogeneous and homogeneous systems under visible irradiation.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Gram, Thomas F  (1990) An investigation of the consulting styles of training planning specialists in a government sponsored training consulting service.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Vezina, Paul  (1987) An investigation of the development and expression of sensitization to the locomotor activating effects of amphetamine and morphine.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Blair, Richard  (1977) An investigation of the differential motor effects of opiates and opioids.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Picard, J. M  (1982) An investigation of the effects of conceptually integrated images on prose comprehension in high and low prior knowledge adults.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Gellner, R. K  (1981) An investigation of the effects of pictorial and prose overviews on adult learning of prose text.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Umunnakwe, Marcel Ezinwanne  (1979) An investigation of the government's role in education in an African state : the case of Nigeria.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Galina, Zvi Harry  (1982) An investigation of the involvement of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the mediation of behavior after stress.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Socaransky, Sherwin Mitchel  (1983) An investigation of the possible role of aldehyde dehydrogenase as a regulator of voluntary ethanol consumption.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Bonkowski, Francis J  (1981) An investigation of the pragmatic validity of three classroom ESL tests.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Ally, Mohamed  (1980) An investigation of the relative effectiveness of prose and pictorial advance organizers on reading from prose.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: AL-Ata, Mohanad M.  (1995) An investigation of the surface parameters in self-piloting deep hole machining, using a developed methodology of statistical design of experiment.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Pu, Weimin  (1992) An investigation on mechanical and thermal properties of lightweight concrete based on the wood-cement system.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Shows that concrete made with maple sawdust has low bulk density with moderate strength, as well as low thermal conductivity and high durability, making it usable for residential and commercial building construction for energy conservation.


identifier: Rajagopalan, Jayashree  (1996) An iterative algorithm for inversion of matrices.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Segev, D.  (1972) An iterative method for kinematic analysis of four-bar spatial linkages. --.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Shiau, Chyi  (1978) An iterative technique of selecting optimal matrix character sets for handprint recognition and computer output systems.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Wieland, Thomas S  (1990) An object-oriented discrete-event simulation system with a graphical user interface.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Lin, Yu  (1993) An on-line UPS with improved input-output characteristics.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Standard uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems are connected in series between the ac mains and the critical load. A phase controlled rectifier feeds a battery supported dc bus and an inverter supplies the load. These systems require two conversion stages thus reducing operating efficiency. Moreover, input power factor is poor and large harmonic currents are injected into the ac mains. The proposed topology overcomes these drawbacks by placing the inverter-battery subsystem in shunt between the ac mains and the load. The battery is charged through the inverter dc bus. In normal operation, the ac mains feeds the load directly, and the inverter supplies only the amount of reactive power required to regulate the load voltage and to maintain the power factor very close to unity. When the ac mains fails, the solid state breakers, which connect ac mains to the load, open automatically; and the load is supplied by the battery, through the inverter. The proposed system has the following advantages: a near unity power factor, reduced line current harmonics and higher efficiency. Furthermore, unlike other proposed one conversion stage UPS systems, the proposed structure has the capability of automatic compensation for line or load unbalance. The thesis presents a complete analysis of both the steady state operations and the dynamic performances of the proposed system, with simulation and experimental verifications.


identifier: Trau, Peter H  (1972) An operating system for computer controlled logic printed circuit board testing. --.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Worsfold, Nancy  (1990) An organization and its discontents : the National Action Committee on the Status of Women.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Stein, Stephen Bradly  (1982) An unrestricted text-to-speech algorithm for the Votrax synthesizer.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Kotiuga, Peter Ludwig  (1979) Analog/hybrid simulation of non-darcy flow in rockfill structures.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Gréla-M'Poko, Bruno  (1989) Analyses of asymmetric prioritized token ring and interconnection of token ring networks.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Gocevski, Vladimir  (1977) Analysis and behaviour of coupled non-linear shear walls.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Khan, Shahidul Islam  (1986) Analysis and design of forced commutated cycloconverters for three and single phase applications.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Brulotte, Michel  (1985) Analysis and design of ring type space trusses.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Ranganathan, V. T  (1983) Analysis and design of static power converters with resonant high frequency links.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Kolynos, André  (1981) Analysis and design of the stiffening systems for a rectangular steel bin.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Zhang, Hui  (1994) Analysis and fabrication of grating assisted optical components.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Optical wave propagation in a grating assisted coupler is analyzed and simulated. Grating assisted waveguides fabricated by proton-exchange in X cut Y propagation LiNbO3 are experimentally investigated.


identifier: Tourneur, John G  (1972) Analysis and synthesis of an RC multiple-loop feedback network with feed-forward using an operational amplifier. --.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Ho, Tuan Minh  (1987) Analysis and testing of a new hybrid parallel search scheme for spread spectrum codes acquisition.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Hachicha, Mohamed  (1992) Analysis of a multiaccess/switching technique for multibeam satellites in a prioritized ISDN environment.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: An integrated multibeam satellite system with a new multiple access technique and an on-board baseband switch with priority rule is analyzed. The performance analysis includes the computation of the various packet loss, call locking, and packet delays of a typical user in an integrated satellite internetworking environment. The uplink technique employed is a hybrid packet/circuit switched approach of the Demand Assignment type, while the down link is a Time Division Multiplexing technique. On board the satellite, a baseband nonblocking switch is employed to route packets from input to output ports. Various amounts of input and output buffering as well as priority rules and a head of line blocking resolution algorithm are employed to improve the performance of the data services without affecting other services performance. The delay and throughput characteristics of the services are determined by examining the relationships between the head of line resolution, buffer sizes, and internal speedup ratio of the baseband switch.


identifier: Keita, Balla  (1975) Analysis of a round corner of a flat plate.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Bohm, Stephan  (1992) Analysis of an integrated services multibeam satellite with a new multiaccess technique and an on-board prioritized baseband switch.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Sylvestre, Yves  (1988) Analysis of construction projects using a system dynamics methodology.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Karapetian, Edgar  (1993) Analysis of crack problems in three-dimensional elastic solids using new results in potential theory.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Presents new fundamental complete solutions to different types of problems, which previously would not have been attempted.


identifier: Verma, Shiv Kumar  (1988) Analysis of driver's lane change and turning behavior on urban highways and street intersections.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Lucking, William Michael  (1989) Analysis of edge problems in statically-loaded fiber-reinforced laminated plates by linear elastic theory.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Yassa, Adel  (1979) Analysis of flow in channels with bottom intakes.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Esfandiari, Shahram  (1992) Analysis of HF antennas on a helicopter by scale-model measurements and computer modelling.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Nguyen, Duy Ngoc  (1987) Analysis of mutual coupling effects in a finite planar circular waveguide array.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: El-Sayed El-Moselhi, Osama  (1978) Analysis of perforated walls and tube-type tall building structures.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Chowdhury, Md. Nurul Amin  (1984) Analysis of switching schemes for 3-phase static AC-DC converter.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Lin, Li  (1995) Analysis of tall building tubular structures by finite story method.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Presents a unified approach, termed the finite story method, for analysing displacements and dynamic properties of either symmetrical or unsymmetrical framed tube, core tube and tube-in-tube tall building structures.


identifier: Avram, Steven S  (1984) Analysis of the effects of selected enclosure and HVAC system operation parameter variations on the building thermal loads.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Iyelobu, Thomas  (1979) Analysis of the policy and practice of the centralization of teacher education in Nigeria.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Elton, Francisca  (1983) An analysis of the utility of Egan's developmental theory for instructional material production.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Ha-Huy, Kinh  (1972) Analysis of three-dimensional orthotropic sandwich plate structures by finite element method.  PhD thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Salazar, Lautaro D  (1995) Analysis, design and control of zero voltage switched high frequency PWM forward converters.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Presents an analysis, design procedure and experimental results of a number of new high-frequency single-ended DC/DC forward converter topologies, to be used in switch-mode rectifier or off-line switch-mode power supplies.


identifier: Yan, Wei  (1991) Analytical and computational studies on liquid behaviour in a zero gravity environment.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Bouchard, J. P. Gilles  (1980) Analytical and experimental investigation of gas-charged hydraulic accumulators.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Valencia, Oscar M  (1978) Analytical and experimental investigation of prestressed continuous steel girder bridges.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Rao, Chandrashekar  (1993) Analytical and experimental investigation of the existence of simultaneous forward and backward whirling motion of Jeffcot rotor supported on hydrodynamic bearings.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Leung, King Hoi  (1989) Analytical and experimental studies of the open-loop frequency response of a rotary electrohydraulic servosystem.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Al-Kalamchi, Adnan A.  (1984) Analytical and experimental study of the effects of oil on the heat transfer coefficient of condensing refrigerant vapor at the external surface of plain horizontal tubes.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Nouraeyan, Abdolrahim  (1987) Analytical and experimental study on the behaviour of prestressed and poststressed composite girders.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Stamatelos, Georgios M  (1992) Analytical/computational techniques in future broadband networks.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: In a future broadband ISDN network various types of traffic with a wide range of characteristics are integrated in a common environment. This thesis discusses admission control mechanisms that aim at preventing congestion by restricting the access of new service requests when congestion pends.


identifier: Boye, Sandra  (1988) Anatomical and physiological characteristics of mesencephalic and pontine substrates of reward.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Holmes, Lawrence John  (1983) Anatomical, pharmacological and phenomenological characteristics of morphine-induced circling elicited from the ventral mesencephalon.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Bauer, Frances  (1975) Animal rights and human duties.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Animal rights and human duties


identifier: Wiesenfeld, Sheila  (1984) Antisemitism and the denial of the Holocaust.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Lawrence, William J  (1972) Anxiety and other personality factors in teenagers before and after abortion.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Laihung, Jean G  (1992) Application of a logical inference mechanism to queries of legal documents.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Tou, Stephen Kwok Woon  (1975) Application of boundary layer theory and Reynolds number effects on the performance of turbomachinery.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Vouligny, Luc  (1991) Application of neural networks to ISDN optimal access control policies.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Lam, Kwok Ching  (1977) Application of precast concrete elements for roofs of industrial building.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Mayer, Hanna  (1980) Application of the dual-coding hypothesis in the design of instructional materials.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Altmann, Julianna Agnes  (1972) Application of the principle of least motion to the stereochemistry of organic reactions.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Wang, Ying  (1995) Applications of active compensators to magnet power supplies.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Presents an analysis and design for high-current magnet power supply systems. These power supplies are intended for magnet load applications where low-ripple and fast response load regulation are required.


identifier: Njike, Serge Yanic Nana  (1994) Applications of renewal theory to risk modelling in an inflationary environment.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: A study of the expected value and the variance of the aggregate discounted claims of an insurance portfolio.  Using renewal theory, an approximation is given in both cases.


identifier: Audet, Pierre H  (1975) Apprenticeship in early nineteenth century Montreal, 1790-1812.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Nandimajumdar, Pranab  (1985) Approximate seismic analysis of single and coupled shear walls on flexible bases.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Raman, Bhuvarian  (1981) Approximation and realization of a class of multivariable analog and digital transfer functions.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Sajjadi, Behzad  (1996) Architectural synthesis for FPGA based signal processing systems.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Torbey, Elie  (1992) Architectural synthesis for VLSI neural networks.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Presents a synthesis methodology for the automated design of single and multi-chip processors implementing neural networks.


identifier: Acland, Joan Reid  (1989) Architecture and ideology : the National Gallery of Canada : a reading of the architecture, using feminist and postmodernist theory.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Robertson, A. Allen  (1993) Architecture as historical witness : eleventh-century Northern Spain.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Ennis, Nancy R  (1992) Are flocks of specialists more efficient foragers than flocks of generalists?: a test of the skill pool hypothesis.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Author has conducted group foraging experiments involving 16 captive spice finches foraging in flocks of 4 individuals in indoor aviaries. The aim was to determine whether groups of complementary specialists will feed more efficiently than groups composed of generalists.


identifier: Fletcher, Ann  (1973) Art and polemic purpose in George Orwell's fiction and documentaries.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Landon, Paul  (1995) Art and technological sound : the revival of experience.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Lowensteyn, Wanda  (1990) Art as a school subject : some junior high school student attitudes.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Hanna, Margarete Agnes  (1980) Art as a therapeutic and educational technique for emotionally disturbed youth.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Rosen, Judith  (1984) Art as therapy with mentally handicapped adults (in a residential setting).  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Magera, Carol Natalia  (1976) Art criticism in the classroom.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Art criticism in the classroom


identifier: Singer, Georges F  (1987) Art education and Marshall McLuhan.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

title: Art education and Marshall McLuhan


identifier: Riches, Peter  (1987) Art education made respectable : some research into American and British experience, 1969-1979.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Rohrlick, Morrie  (1976) Art for the elderly.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Art for the elderly


identifier: Kahane, Lillie  (1992) Art for the "new elderly" : cultivating the seasoned eye.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Saltzman, Mona  (1990) Art in the context of family therapy and childhood psychopathology.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: McBain, Daniel James  (1987) Art Roebuck comes to Born with a Tooth.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Art Roebuck comes to Born with a Tooth


identifier: Schwartz, Cynthia L  (1994) Art therapy, opening doors : Master's thesis video and organizational manual.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Explains how the author created a 16-minute video which an art therapist could use as a resume when seeking employment. The video included interviews with other art therapists who talked about their profession.


identifier: Shapiro, Beverly  (1984) Art therapy and rehabilitation : a holistic approach : the role of art therapy in the holistic medicine model when working with physical disability.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Backman, Deborah J  (1991) Art therapy and the treatment of perversion : theoretical and clinical aspects of perversion and sublimation.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Ionescu-Vaccarino, Cosmina  (1985) Art therapy as a 'transitional phenomenon' with special emphasis on the treatment of psychosis exemplified in a case study.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Rosenberg Gericke, Irene  (1988) Art therapy case study : psychological sequelae of an adolescent's abortion.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Goldberg, Laura  (1985) Art therapy case study : the mythological heroic journey.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Haslam, Michael John  (1985) Art therapy considered within the anthropological tradition of symbolic healing.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Casabianca, Silvia  (1992) Art therapy with families where child abuse has occurred.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Grigor, Angela Nairne  (1982) Arthur Lismer : a critical analysis of his pedagogy in relation to his use of the project method in child-centered art education.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Tilson, H. Brent  (1988) Artistic ability and naturalistic drawing.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Pringle, Donald Allan  (1983) Artists of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, 1881-1900.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Salahub, Jennifer E  (1989) As they are fashioned so they grow : samplery and Quebec samplers.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Grogono, Peter  (1979) Aspects of programming language design.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Aspects of programming language design


identifier: Vieira, Paula  (1995) Assessing needs in EDI implementation.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Assessing needs in EDI implementation

abstract: Using a needs assessment research approach, looks hard at educational interventions required to help overcome troubled partnership relationships in electronic data processing operations.


identifier: Maswood, Ali I  (1989) Assessment of harmonics in three-phase ac-dc converters operating under unbalanced supply conditions.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Menon, Patricia  (1976) Assimilation or separation : the Karens, 1824-1918.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Lévesque, Réjean  (1987) Asymptotic periodicity for the iterates of Markov operators.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Lieberman, Melissa  (1995) Attachment to mother/attachment to father : links to peer relations in late childhood and early adolescence.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Examines the question whether children who are closely attached to their mothers or fathers also have better friendships and acceptance by other children during late childhood and early adolescence.


identifier: Dash, Basudeb  (1993) Attaining transient fault-tolerance in distributed systems.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Lamoureux, Hélène  (1992) Attentional performance in young adults considered at risk for schizophrenia.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Rockman, Gary E  (1978) Attenuation of ethanol intake by 5-HT reuptake blockade in rats : possible interaction with brain norepinephrine.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Gillis, M. Robert  (1986) Attitude change in Prince Edward Island : farmers effected by a multi-media production.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Rossetti, Maria  (1992) Attitudinal and socio-demographic determinants of nonmarital heterosexual cohabitation : the case of Canadian women.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This research indicates that nonmarital cohabitation is no longer regarded as a moral issue determined by religious or puritanical beliefs regarding premarital sex. Rather it is seen as a convenient arrangement, especially by divorced women and by younger childless women.


identifier: Graham, John Alexander  (1987) Audience fragmentation and the development of market decision support systems.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Morris, Jean Caron  (1989) Augustine on evil and the will.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Augustine on evil and the will


identifier: LePage, Charles  (1990) Augustine on the moral agent.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Augustine on the moral agent


identifier: Weldon, Susan  (1972) Austin and Ayer on appearance and reality.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Shain, Michael  (1984) Author and character as moral pilgrim : a study of Iris Murdoch's A fairly honourable defeat.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Mackenzie, Landon  (1978) Autobiographical art.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Autobiographical art


identifier: Elcabetz, Asher  (1977) Automated electrochemical methods in the chemical analysis of industrial electroplating solutions.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Mazumdar, Sanjay Kumar  (1994) Automated manufacturing of composite components by thermoplastic tape winding and filament winding.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Deals with two manufacturing processes: thermoplastic tape winding and filament winding on a two-axis machine. Both have potential for automation and low fabrication cost.


identifier: Millen, Ronald H  (1974) Automatic rate adjustments and short-term productivity objectives for Bell Canada.  PhD thesis, Sir George Williams University.


identifier: Lai, Michael Tai-Yuen  (1978) Automatic recognition of numerals via Fourier shape descriptors and boundary line encodings.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Forghani, Behdad  (1990) Automatic test suite derivation from Estelle specifications.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Verghese, Shalini  (1989) Automation of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Lieberman, Sharon M  (1979) Availability of Dial-a-Ride and vehicular mobility among the aging.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Pedder, Simon Calvert James  (1986) Avoidance of sulphuric acid solutions by groups of juvenile brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis and the corresponding effect on plasma cation regulation.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Chasan, Marilyn  (1978) Avoidance or ignorance : a study in second language use.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Jamali, Seyed Hamidreza  (1991) Bandwidth-efficient coded-modulation techniques for fading channels.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Hu, Xiaoping  (1991) Bayes estimators for finite population total and mean under some specified prior distributions.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Nnadozie, Alfred A  (1996) Bayes' estimators of finite population size.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Heather, Helen  (1971) Beads, their potential and extensions.  Masters thesis, Sir George Williams University.

title: Beads, their potential and extensions


identifier: El-Chakieh, Elie  (1981) Bearing capacity of reinforced concrete thin-wall panels.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Zhao, Jun  (1994) Behavior of the posterior distribution of common mean in case of two normal populations.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: "In this thesis we consider the estimation of common mean of two normal populations and investigate the theoretical behavior of the posterior density, its mean and variance when the scale parameter of the prior is extremely large or small."


identifier: Bruce, James A  (1990) Behavioral thermoregulation and growth in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed different rations.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Gregory, Michael A.H  (1986) Behavioral thermoregulation in Rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri, as a function of dietary regime.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Abdol-Hamid, Khaled Sayed  (1983) Behaviour and fault-locating methods of a train-line with leakage.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Gargari, Mousa Tabatabaei  (1993) Behaviour modification of space trusses.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

title: Behaviour modification of space trusses

abstract: Today space trusses are designed using linear elastic theory, and the load carrying capacity of the truss is considered to be limited by the failure of a new critical members.  Because of high redundancy, and due to practical constraints in selecting member sizes, only a portion of the member strength is used. Attempts have been made to utilize the remaining strength of the members by providing a means of transferring load from critical compression members to the understressed members. However because of the brittle buckling characteristics of compression elements, when they fall in the economic range of slenderness, postbuckling reserve capacity of compression members cannot be developed. Load transfer must thus be made before compression members reach their capacity.  One part of this study is concerned with the modification of space truss behaviour by introducing nonlinearity in the chord members prior to attaining their maximum load. The amount of nonlinearity required to increase the load capacity of the truss by an economically justifiable amount has been studied, and the feasibility of the proposed system was confirmed by tests on the elements and on an assembled full scale truss.  As an alternative, transfer of load from critical chord elements to the understressed chord elements can be achieved by the selective removal of internal bracing members. A means to determine the optimum selection of diagonals to be removed has been established.  The above techniques were applied to four space trusses which were similar in size and proportions, but which varied in their support conditions and the distribution of member sizes. It was further considered whether the combination of the two techniques, of nonlinear chord behaviour and diagonal removal, could further improve the capacity, or whether each, when optimum, leads to the same load carrying capacity.


identifier: Simms, Douglas James  (1995) Behavioural and physiological responses of six-day-old female Sarcophaga bullata to solutions of liver extract and sucrose.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Compares mated and unmated females in their response to two types of food stimulus, and looks for an electrophysiological basis to explain these differences.


identifier: Thomas, Earle  (1979) Benjamin Ingraham, Loyalist : a case study.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Hamer, Penelope  (1995) Beyond the nineteenth century : Thomas King's decolonization of the literary image of the native.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: In his novels, Medicine river, and, Green grass, running water, King has tried to portray Indians in a way that demolishes archaic stereotypes about them.


identifier: Sly, Cecile  (1993) Beyond the structure : a psycho-social exploration of sexual harassment policy and support mechanisms at Concordia University.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Linschoten, Louise  (1994) Beyond the words-- in search of meaning : strategies used by preschool L2 acquirers in multilingual daycare settings.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Investigates how six young immigrant children in two Montreal daycare settings try to make sense of new English and French words.


identifier: Kim, Young Soo  (1995) Biaxial buckling of laminated composite plates.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: "This research was motivated from a need to understand the buckling behaviour of laminated composites in structures such as aircraft fuselages and body-skin of automobiles or ships with various inplane loads and supporting mechanisms"


identifier: Walker, Douglas  (1983) Biblical and Calvinist allegorical substructures in John Bunyan's The holy war.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Li, Deming  (1994) Bifurcations in SQUIDs.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Bifurcations in SQUIDs

abstract: This thesis shows a systematic way to apply Group Theory and Singularity Theory to bifurcation problems. It can be used to analyze the bifurcation in other dynamical systems such as periodically forced oscillators with one degree of freedom."


identifier: Raymond, Pierre  (1984) Biochemical investigation on the mode of action of cyanide in rainbow trout during chronic exposure.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Glick, Mordechai  (1977) Biofeedback as a clinical tool in the control of essential hypertension.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Horvath, Attila  (1992) Biological signal data acquisition and processing.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Major, Wayne F  (1983) Birth order, sibling sex status and sport participation.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Fick, Carolyn E  (1979) Black masses in the San Domingo revolution, 1791-1803.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Ryan, Cyril  (1996) Black movie : five picture deal to make gun movies.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Jim, Alice Ming Wai  (1996) Black women artists in Canada : a documentation and analysis of the 1989 exhibition Black Wimmin--When and Where We Enter.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.