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An Analysis Tool for the Conceptual Design of High-Lift Systems
Authors: Bissonnette William J.M.
Published: May 2021

An aerodynamic analysis tool for the conceptual design of high-lift devices has been developed. The
method employs a higher-order potential ow method that uses elements of distributed vorticity. The
subsequent numerically robust model allows for strong wake interactions, even when using a relaxed wake.
The method predicts lift and induced drag values that compare well with multiple data experiments,
and, when implemented in a panel code, maximum lift predictions of a high-lift system are found with an
error of 6% from experimental data. This method is used to assess the impact that various wake models
have on lift and induced drag predictions. This study shows that significant errors can be introduced
when employing a prescribed wake model set to extreme angles. Compared to an approach using CFD,
the computational expense of these models is relatively low. A single analysis requires minutes, making
these models suitable for the iterative conceptual design phase
Analysis of the dependence structure for time series of hedge funds returns
Authors: Zhu He
Published: May 2021

The aim of the thesis is to emphasize the different dependence measures beyond the well known Pearson correlation. The study is developed in the setting of a fund that deals with multiple strategies hedge funds under risk constraints. The relevance of our analysis is made clears by noticing that the Pearson correlation is sensitive only to linear relationships and it does not capture tail co-movements. Specifically, the dependence measures we focus are Kendall's tau, Spearman's rho and tail dependence. This thesis attempts to suggest some other solutions to an effective optimization that combines various fund strategies by using the aforementioned dependence measures.
Designing for Complexity: A Systemic Approach to Spatial Relationships in High Density Housing
Authors: Lazar Shiloh
Published: May 2021

The functionalism and reductivism behind post war modernist high-rise housing typologies like the slab block, failed to understand the impact of this highly condensed circulation on the social interactions of residents. Contemporary high-rise architecture typologies like the point tower still don’t account for the complex social needs of inhabitants - providing isolated group activity spaces in lieu of addressing and elaborating the shape and form of the transitional spaces between the street and the unit door.

This thesis asserts that understanding the complexity of social needs and normative social behavioral patterns will inform an approach to design that will allow for a more humane and socially interactive environment. This thesis design explores Systems Theory, Pattern Language, recent precedents and tactics like clustering, layered gradients of privacy, visual buffering, transparency, texture and materiality in a high-density residential design for Toronto’s rapidly intensifying core.
The effects of microclimate and time resolution of meteorological data on hygrothermal analysis of wood frame building facades
Authors: Wu Wai Ki
Published: May 2021

When performing hygrothermal analysis for building envelopes, climate data is required as boundary conditions. This study investigates the effect of the microclimatic conditions using Toronto Pearson Airport and downtown hourly data. The results showed that the average water content of the wood frame building façade were similar throughout the study period. The high moisture content peaks reduced to average within days. The arithmetic averaged hourly weather data may also affect the analysis’ results. 5-minute weather data is collected from the Ryerson weather network. The hourly data is constructed from the 5-minute data by arithmetic averaging. The simulation results from both dataset followed closely to each other throughout the study period. The averaging of hourly data removed some details form the raw meteorological data. However, it does not affect the overall trend of the climate condition and the impact to the hygrothermal analysis of building components is very limited.
Some assembly required: design <-- --> manufacturing design <-- --> assembly manufacturing <-- --> assembly
Authors: Thompson Yousef Edgard
Published: May 2021

Advances in design are transforming the means and methods of production and assembly by impacting how we approach a project from conception. Pushing the industry to rethink how we perceive design and explore working digitally.

Contemporary architectural thinking is heavily influenced by the digital workspace and the overall expression. Through modularization, this thesis has approached design from a small scale perspective to consider the design potentials in details, structure, and processes of construction by incorporating manufacturing and assembly into design from conception to gain a closer relationship between architecture and construction. This is done through the intimate knowledge of assembly and its production, which will then inform modular design, and relate to its method in modular construction. Designing with manufacturing and assembly in mind, means every process will demand a design environment that cannot remain in abstract or neutral states.

This strategy has enabled systems of design, manufacturing and assembly to become a new integrated hybrid for creative design which allows the architect to maintain focus over the digital to physical transition and embrace design intent. The stress on design development and the application of small scale detailed design decisions from conception are necessary in order to achieve accuracy and precision during the digital to physical transition that will assist in the constructability of the design.

This will be shown through devising solutions in modular design and construction to an existing buildings, project parameters. In this regard, there are a number of benefits that can be applied to current and future issues of construction and design which has opened a new window for fresh context where architects may re‐engage with the broader culture to benefit society.
Family accommodation in hoarding
Authors: Vorstenbosch Valerie
Published: May 2021

Hoarding, which includes the excessive acquisition of, and inability to discard, numerous possessions, is a debilitating mental health condition and is associated with significant family dysfunction and burden on family members. Currently, little is known about the effect that family members have on individuals‟ hoarding symptomatology and functioning, and vice versa. Thus, the present study examined the nature and frequency of family accommodation (i.e., the process by which family members participate in hoarding symptoms or modify personal and family routines in response to an individual‟s symptoms; Calvocoressi, Mazure, Stanislav, et al., 1999), in 52 individuals with self-reported hoarding problems and their close significant others (CSOs; i.e., intimate partner or family member). Participants completed the Family Accommodation Interview for Hoarding (FAI-H), which is an 11-item clinician-rated interview that was adapted from a previously validated measure for this study, and a series of self-report questionnaires. The FAI-H was found to be a valid and reliable assessment of accommodation in this hoarding sample. Most CSOs reported engaging in at least some accommodating behaviours; however, CSOs who lived with the individual with the hoarding problem engaged in accommodating behaviours more frequently than those who did not live with the individual with the hoarding problem. More than half of the CSOs endorsed hoarding participant-driven, as well as personally-driven motivations for engaging in accommodating behaviours, and believed that their accommodating behaviours were reasonable or helpful for both the individual with the hoarding problem and themselves. Family accommodation was positively associated with hoarding symptom severity, relationship conflict, CSOs‟ rejecting attitudes toward the individual with hoarding problems, relationship problems, impairment in activities of daily living, and hoarding participant-rated anger. Family accommodation partially mediated the association between hoarding symptom severity and relationship conflict, averaging across hoarding participants and CSOs, and between hoarding symptom severity and impairment in activities of daily living for individuals with hoarding problems, but not CSOs. Results of the present study further elucidate the role of accommodation in hoarding, and increase our understanding of the interpersonal processes that may play an important role in problematic hoarding.
The Future of masculinity is amphibian: representations of new masculinity in Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water
Authors: Reynoso De La Garza Ana Catalina
Published: May 2021

[Para 1]: " As evidenced by the October 2019 GQ cover story, “The New Masculinity Issue,” and Harper’s Magazine November 2019 issue, titled “Manhood in the age of #MeToo,” the masculine realm is in the midst of a tumultuous transition. According to Michael Kimmel, scholar on men and masculinities, this situation is by no means new. In his book The History of Men he states, “American men have been searching for their lost manhood since the middle of the nineteenth century” (37). Kimmel believes it was centuries ago that men’s secure sense of manhood was destabilized (37). Top headlines during the 21st century have only further confirmed this is still the case, and that the need for a different kind of manhood is becoming altogether urgent. As the Harper’s Magazine title suggests, the 2017 #MeToo movement indisputably exposed the prevalence and pernicious impact of sexual violence that powerful men are still inflicting on women today. This movement has also demonstrated that a well-adjusted masculinity has not yet materialized. The GQmagazine cover story further suggests that a new masculinity is in order." 
The ambrotype : a misunderstood history of a nineteenth century photographic process
Authors: Templeton Sarah Janille
Published: May 2021

This thesis endeavors to explore the history of the ambrotype and analyze the patent controversy surrounding this nineteenth century photographic process. It investigates the origins of the term ambrotype, its physical characteristics, the cultural response to the process, and how it has been remembered historically. Court cases, photographic and popular journals, and other nineteenth century primary sources are analyzed to reveal an intriguing series of events that influenced photographic history. The ambrotype has been increasing left out of photographic texts today and this thesis seeks to understand why this process has faded from historical memory more than other early processes.
Pattern classification of time-series signals using Fisher kernels and support vector machines
Authors: Athavale Yashodhan Rajiv
Published: May 2021

The objective of this study is to assess the performance and capability of a kernel-based machine learning method for time-series signal classification. Applying various stages of dimension transformation, training, testing and cross-validation, we attempt to perform a binary classification using the time-series signals from each category. This study has been applied to two domains: Financial and Biomedical.

The financial domain study involves identifying the possibility of collapse or survival of a company trading in the stock market. For assessing the fate of each company, we collect its real stock market data, which is basically a financial time-series composed of weekly closing stock prices in a common time-series interval. This study has been applied to various economic sectors such as Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Automobiles, Oil & Gas, Water Supply etc. The data has been collected using Thomson’s Datastream software. In the biomedical study we are dealing with knee signals collected using the Vibration arthrometry technique. This study involves using the severity of cartilage degeneration for assessing the possibility omachinf a subject getting affected by Osteoarthritis or undergoing knee replacement surgery at a later stage. This non-invasive diagnostic method can also prove be an alternative to various invasive procedures used for detecting osteoarthritis. For this analysis we have used the vibroarthro-signals for about 38 abnormal and 51 normal knee joint case studies. In both studies we apply Fisher Kernels incorporated with Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) for dimension transformation into feature space created as a three-dimensional plot for visualization. The transformed data is then trained and tested using support vector machines for performing binary classification. From our experiments we observe that our method fits really well for both the studies with the classification error rate between 10% to 15%.
Contemporary Sikh architecture in the Canadian diaspora
Authors: Dhanjal Joginder
Published: May 2021

Very little has been contributed to the research of Sikh Architecture. Any research that does exist offers little understanding and analysis of Gurdwaras in the Diaspora. This thesis explores the design possibilities of a contemporary Gurdwara in a Canadian context. Part of living in a multi-cultural society is the synthesis of cultures, identity and values that come with each group. Little has been discussed or researched on the architecture that has been transplanted with each group. Little has been discussed or researched on the architecture that has been transplanted by the Diaspora from their homelands. Many of these religious institutions are erected in rural and urban centres. Part of this transplanted architectural movement is from the Sikh Community. The first Sikh settlers arrived in British Columbia, Canada in the 1890's. Over time this small community of Sikhs would build a temple that would become the first of many erected temples. This emerging architectural style would be a distinctive fusion of Sikh and Canadian architecture. This notion of blending of Sikhi and Canadiana would come through the symbolic gestures on the exterior facade detailing and usage of interior space within the worship place. Today, in Canada there are upwards to one hundred Sikh Temples, known as a "Gurudwara". Very little has been contributed to the research and academia on Sikh Architecture. The research that does exist offers little understanding and analysis of Gurudwaras in the Diaspora. This paper explores the state of design and history of the Gurdwara(s) in a Canadian context. Some of the key difficulties in understanding the Sikh Diaspora architecture are: what constitutes a religious place of worship? How does a Sikh Gurdwara manifest in a contemporary Diaspora form? What is the architectural definition of a Gurdwara as it pertains to semiotics? Caught between a struggle with their new homeland - Canada - and their native soil of the Province of Punjab, Sikhs search to find a Canadian Diaspora identity. This disengagement can be connected with examining the historical and present state of Gurdwaras in Canada. The discourse of contemporary Canadian Sikh identity is clearly indicated through the architectural representation of their worship centres, the Gurdwara.
The role of risk regulation in intimate relationships among individuals with social anxiety disorder and healthy controls
Authors: Lenton-Brym Ariella P.
Published: May 2021

Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) experience heightened concern about rejection and negative evaluation by other people. However, limited research has assessed the extent to which individuals with SAD also experience elevated concerns about rejection within the context of their intimate relationships. In the present study, individuals with SAD (n = 21) and healthy controls (HCs; n = 25) who were in current intimate relationships completed daily diaries each evening for 14 days. Daily diaries assessed the extent to which participants experienced feelings of rejection and acceptance in their intimate relationships, as well as the extent to which they responded to feelings of rejection by using behaviours characterized by withdrawal (“withdrawal” processes) versus efforts to reaffiliate with their partners (“approach” processes). Results revealed that individuals with SAD reported greater levels of intimate partner rejection and marginally lower levels of intimate partner acceptance than HCs. Further, feelings of rejection were associated with an increased use of next-day withdrawal processes among SAD, but not HC participants. These findings provide insight into the nature of rejection concerns and responses to rejection among individuals with SAD.
A low-voltage CMOS current-mode incremental signaling scheme for high-speed parallel links
Authors: Wang Tao
Published: May 2021

Point-to-point parallel links are widly used in short-distance high-speed data communications. For these links, the design goal is not only to integrate a large number of I/Os in the systems, but also to increase the bit rate per I/O. The cost per I/O has to be kept low as performance improves.
Voltage and timing error sources limit the performance of data links and affect its robustnest. These kinds of noise impose greater challenges in parallel data links, such as inter-signal timing skew and inter-signal cross-talk. The use of low-cost schemes, such as single-ended signaling, is effected signaficantly [sic] by the voltage and timging [sic] noise. Fully differential signaling schemes, two physical paths per signal channel, significantly increases the cost of system. Therefore, overcoming the voltage noise, keeping the cost low are two challenges in high-speed parallel links.
In this thesis, we propose a new current-mode signaling scheme current-mode incremtnal [sic] signaling for high-speed parallel links. Also, the circuits of the receiver called current-integrating receiver are presented. To assess the effectiveness of the proposed signaling scheme, a 4-bit parallel link consisting of four bipolar current-mode drivers, five 10 cm microstrip lines with a FR4 substrate, and four proposed current-integrating receivers is implemented in UMC 0.13[micro]m, 1.2V CMOS technology and analyzed using SpectreRF from Cadence Design Systems with BSIM3V3 device models. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed current-mode incremental signaling scheme and the current-integrating receiver are capable of transmitting parallel data at 2.5 Gbyte/s.
"If only I had known...": young peoples participation in the construction of their learning disabilities
Authors: Savaria Elizabeth
Published: May 2021

This paper explores how young people participate in the construction of their learning disabilities and how the experience impacts their internal truth, and self-concept. The results show that none of the interviewee subjects in the study participated in the Identification Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) meetings conducted in Ontario. The interviewees did participate in a variety of other forums such as psychological testing, university development centers, and conversations with family members, and teachers. Analysis of coded qualitative interviews reveals four major themes that were interwoven: internal truth of self-concept about disability; external truths of individuals of self-conceptualization about disability; knowledge of disability; and participation in the construction of the label of disability. The children’s rights framework and the new sociology of childhood are used to explore the construction of self-concept for children and young people with disabilities, and the nature and timing of their participation in matters regarding them and their label of exceptionality in the Ontario education system. Keywords: self-concept, participation, learning disability, exceptionality, young people, construction of labels.
An examination of Emotion Regulation strategy use on recognition memory
Authors: Fredborg Beverley K.
Published: May 2021

Emotion regulation (ER) refers to the use of various strategies to modify an emotional response and has important implications for memory of emotional events. During this study, participants were instructed to first enhance, maintain, or suppress their emotional responses while viewing unpleasant and neutral images and then report the ER strategies they used during the task. A surprise memory test for these images known as the Remember/Know procedure was then conducted immediately after encoding and following a one-week delay. Overall, negative images were better remembered than neutral images. Moreover, images paired with the instruction to enhance one’s emotional responses were better remembered than images paired with the instruction to maintain or suppress, on the first test day only. Specific types of ER strategies used were not reliably associated with memory for emotional images. This research is the first to inform of the impact of spontaneous ER strategy use on memory.
Free trade-off: globalization’s impact on Canadian dress identity from 1985-2010
Authors: Forrest Jenifer
Published: May 2021

This research explores Canadian dress identity from 1985-2010 by analyzing editorial fashion images from Flare magazine. The study includes images produced before the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994 and after the lapse of all protectionist legislation in 2003. A content analysis using dichotomous attributes on a seven-point scale was used to code data. Images from Vogue magazine were also coded to provide a point of comparison.

Analysis shows that Canadian fashion design is more conservative, practical, and subtly sexy than designs from other countries. It also incorporates some militaristic elements and a whimsical sense of humour. Canadian brand names are less recognized than international fashion brands and they are not as widely distributed within Canada. Significantly, the number of Canadian designs featured in Flare declined over the study period.
Nonlinear model predictive control of LDPE autoclave reactors
Authors: Jacob Noel C
Published: May 2021

Polymerization reactors are characterized by highly nonlinear dynamics, multiple operating regions, and significant interaction among the process variables, and are therefore, usually difficult to control efficiently using conventional linear process control strategies. It is generally accepted that nonlinear control strategies are required to adequately handle such processes. In this work, we develop, implement, and evaluate via simulation a nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) formulation for the control of two classes of commercially relevant low-density polyethylene (LDPE) autoclave reactors, namely, the single, and multi-zone multi-feed LDPE autoclave reactors. Mathematical models based on rigorous, first-principles mechanistic modeling of the underlying reaction kinetics, previously developed by our research group, were extended to describe the dynamic behaviour of the two LDPE autoclave reactors. Unscented Kalman filtering (UKF) based state estimation, not commonly used in chemical engineering applications, was implemented and found to perform quite well. The performance of the proposed NMPC formulation was investigated through a select number of simulation cases on the mathematical ‘plant’ models. The resulting closed-loop NMPC performance was compared with performance obtained with conventional linear model predictive control (LMPC) and proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers. The results of the present study indicate that the closed-loop disturbance rejection and tracking performance delivered by the NMPC algorithm is a significant improvement over the aforementioned controllers.
Design of connector for self-reconfigurable modular serpentine sensing robot with quality function deployment
Authors: Roy Arup
Published: May 2021

This study presents the concept, design, force and stress analysis of a connector, which helps in transmitting mechanical forces, power and data from one module to another in self-reconfigurable modular robotic systems. The connector is the most important part of self-reconfigurable modular robotic systems to connect and disconnect the modules. This part needs to fulfill a wide range of requirements. The two important properties, latching and geometrical shape have been focused on for designing the connector. The connector includes male and female components. The male component has a target ball; the female has a cup shaped socket, a locking ball, and an alignment cone with teeth for connecting with the male component. Two methods, quality function deployment (QFD) and Pugh decision matrix have been used for optimizing this design. In addition, for designing the connector of a self-reconfigurable modular serpentine sensing robot, one particular area of application and one special configuration of a self-reconfigurable modular robot have been taken into consideration. Based on the results of this project, a guideline for improving and optimizing the dimensions and for analyzing different forces and stresses for designing of the connector is provided to make a good model.
Informal Economies and International Trade
Authors: Toksoy Hakan
Published: May 2021

This dissertation studies the role of informal producers in determining the pattern of production and the trade structure of developing countries, and provides an understanding of the channels through which informal producers influence the outcome of trade. The second chapter examines the characteristics of informal workers in the Turkish export-oriented manufacturing industries using descriptive statistics and econometric analysis. We find that informality is highest among female workers with lower education levels who mainly operate from home, and report that the textile and clothing industries, which Turkey has a comparative advantage in the world market, have a share of informality. This finding inspires the third and fourth chapters. In the third chapter, informal producers directly export their products in the global market. We build a Ricardian model of trade with labour market frictions that justify the presence of informal producers. We find that the size of the informal sector is affected by not only a country's own labour market structure, but also by its trading partners' labour market frictions. We show that a decrease in trade costs results in an increase in the size of the informal sector in countries with relatively higher labour market rigidities, and a reduction of informality in their trading partners.
The fourth chapter, which is joint work with professor Claustre Bajona, develops a theoretical framework with stages of production to investigate the role of informal producers in the supply chain. To quantify the changes in labour and trade policies on the trade structure of countries, we calibrate the model to the Turkish and German economies in 2003. In the model, informal producers may influence the comparative advantage of countries by supplying lower cost inputs to formal producers that compete in the global arena. In our calibrated model, second stage formal production is higher under a protectionist economy in a country with higher labour market frictions. This results in a larger informal sector due to the interlinkage between formal and informal producers in the production chain.
Introducing Canada's expression of interest model - the early shortfalls of express entry
Authors: Jakovlevski Brankica
Published: May 2021

Trying to wrap one’s head around Canada’s rapid (and frequently changing) immigration system can leave you breathless (Alboim & Cohl, 2012). From temporary entry limitations, to new citizenship legislation, and increased ministerial powers, immigration policy changes have continuously been reshaping Canada’s future. During a House of Commons session in late 2013, Ms. Maria Welbourne, Senior Director of Strategic Policy and Planning of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, provided an overview of an Expression of Interest (EOI) model approach, a modernization initiative which was coming to Canada to facilitate a faster (and more flexible) immigration system (House of Commons, 2013). Fast forward just over one year later and the EOI model, already in place in New Zealand and Australia, is in full effect as Canada’s new Express Entry system (Bellissimo, 2014). While chatter and speculation of the now fully-automated electronic application management system existed prior to its inception, the discussion since the January 1, 2015 start date has grown, raising many questions as to whether this new system will in fact achieve Canada’s economic objectives, primarily reducing application backlogs and coordinating application volume, and selecting those immigrant candidates who are expected to meet Canada’s economic needs (Richard, 2014).
Key Terms: Expression of Interest (EOI), Express Entry (Pool), Ministerial Instructions, Economic Classes
Process Mapping as a Tool for Integrating Human Factors into Work System Design
Authors: Lim Aileen Joyce
Published: May 2021

This thesis explores the utility of a production system development process (PSDP) map as a tool for identifying process improvement opportunities with a focus of integrating human factors (HF) into work system design. In this university-industry action research collaboration with a Canada-based electronics manufacturer, 91 meeting events involving 31 personnel took place. The creation and application of the PSDP map led to process improvement ideas with an implementation plan over 14 sub-projects, as well as evidence of organizational change towards applications of proactive HF in design. Results showed that critical issues of PSDP mapping initiatives include data collection methods, scoping, level of detail, style, content and implementation. It was concluded that a process mapping approach to work system design is an effective method for identifying process improvement opportunities with consideration for human capabilities, though further research is required for implementing and sustaining process improvement changes.
The Effects of Facial Attractiveness on Spontaneous Facial Mimicry
Authors: Peck Katlyn
Published: May 2021

When individuals are presented with emotional facial expressions they spontaneously react with brief, distinct facial movements that ‘mimic’ the presented faces. While the effects of facial mimicry on emotional perception and social bonding have been well documented, the role of facial attractiveness on the elicitation of facial mimicry is unknown. We hypothesized that facial mimicry would increase with more attractive faces. Facial movements were recorded with electromyography upon presentation of averaged and original stimuli while ratings of attractiveness and intensity were obtained. In line with existing findings, emotionally congruent responses were observed in relevant facial muscle regions. Unexpectedly, the strength of observers’ facial mimicry responses decreased with more averaged faces, despite being rated perceptually as more attractive. These findings suggest that facial attractiveness moderates the degree of facial mimicry muscle movements elicited in observers. The relationship between averageness, attractiveness and mimicry is discussed in light of this counterintuitive finding.
Tornado dynamics study using immersed boundary (IB) - Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) on a 7-cylinder building configuration
Authors: Palanisamy Rangaraj
Published: May 2021

Tornadoes are disastrous, naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena; they cause fatalities; they damage properties with an exceptional combination of translational and rotational velocities. Despite many studies on tornado-structure interaction, the research papers on tornado-multi-body interactions are limited. This research studies the effects of a tornadic wind on a 7-cylinder building model at several orientations in 2-D using a powerful Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann Method (IB-LBM). The tornadic wind was simulated by a customized Rankine Combined Vortex Model (RCVM). The wind-loadings on the seven cylinders were quantified using aerodynamic force and moment coefficients. The essential flow features associated with a vortex-structure interaction was investigated in great detail by doing a case study. Then, a unique optimization procedure was utilized to detect individual safe zones for each aerodynamic coefficient. Finally, an overall safe zone for the complete 7-cylinder building model has been ascertained to be between
29° and 69° by analyzing the individual safe zones.
Hedging options with an illiquid underlying and non-probabilistic option pricing in practice
Authors: Nicholls Nolan
Published: May 2021

We compare three different dynamic hedging strategies for the purchase or sale of a bundle of European options to profit from volatility arbitrage. The investor will "cross hedge" with a stock highly correlated with the untraded underlying. The first strategy maximizes terminal utility, the second minimizes the variance of the incremental profit, and the third is the adjusted Black-Scholes strategy. We note that the nature of cross hedging results in significant potential for losses. We study the robustness of the strategies to misspecification of parameters by the investor and find that the first two strategies are more robust to parameter misspecification. On a different subject, we then attempt to find profit opportunities by pricing options using a simple non-probabilistic model. We find a situation where an investor willing to take risks can profit, but a more cautious investor cannot. We also derive basic non-probabilistic volatility arbitrage results.
How deep is the difference? Parsing Difference in the Context of Canadian Diversity Through Documents and Documentary: A thesis paper to support the multimedia installation Illegal Entries
Authors: Korkmaz Taraneh
Published: May 2021

This paper follows the blurriness of the concept of difference as it relates to the Canadian idea of diversity, and its manifestation in governmental forms and official documents. It highlights the paradoxical (inconsistent) function of such documents in addressing diversity, individuation and change. This research was informed by the concept of difference, defined (interpreted) by Manuel DeLanda, and is expressed in a multimedia installation titled Illegal Entries, which reconfigures the Canadian Passport Application form (PPTC 153-154) as a three-dimensional space. This installation shows viewers that this official document, which operates to legitimize state power over citizens’ bodies, is designed to undermine the concept of difference, which is at the core of individuation and is the backbone of diversity and multiculturalism in Canada. This paper provides an account of how a document is transformed into a documentary. The installation creates a bilingual, audio-visual conundrum that consists of institutional texts, commands and warnings. This is juxtaposed with animated graphics, icons and shapes that appear in the document in addition to the image of the passport ID photograph.
Performance evaluation of a sediment control pond
Authors: Pyatt Lindsay
Published: May 2021

Current erosion and sediment control practices include the use of sediment control ponds that are designed using the 1994 Ministry of the Environment (MOE) Stormwater Management Practices and Design Manual. These design criteria aim at reducing pollutant loads from developed areas. However, the effectiveness of these design criteria when used for areas undergoing construction has yet to be determined in the field. Thus, this thesis is a performance evaluation of a sediment control pond that was designed using the 1994 MOE stormwater design criteria. The objectives of this thesis include the characterization of the runoff and sediments entering, depositing, and leaving the sediment control pond during the construction phase, and the evaluation of the sediment removal efficiencies of the pond. Generally, the pond was successful in reducing many of the pollutants transported to the pond from the catchment area. Suspended solids were the primary pollutants monitored. Heavy metals and general water quality parameters such as chemical oxygen demand, pH, and alkalinity were also monitored. Suspended solids concentrations were high exiting the pond during several events. The particle size distribution predominantly consisted of fine particles. Most heavy metals including beryllium, cadmium, lead, and nickel were reduced in concentration to levels under their Provincial Water Quality Objectives (PWQO). However, some heavy metals had concentrations above their PWQO when exiting the pond.
Mixing time study in agitated multiple-lamp UV photoreactor using electrical resistance tomography
Authors: Zhao Zhen Fang
Published: May 2021

The present study is devoted to the mixing time investigation in a single stirrer UV photoreactor aiming at the drinking water disinfection process. Electrical resistance tomography (ERT) was employed to measure the mixing quality due to the significant advantages. The reactor was a flat-bottomed cylindrical tank with a diameter of 38.1 cm and a height of 60.1 cm fitted with four symmetrically located vertical baffles. The performaces of a 6-blade Rushton turbine and a 4-blade 45° pitched-blade turbine were explored in this study. In the absence of the UV light, four PVC rods were used to replace four UV lamps and evaluate the impact of the locations of the UV tubes on the mixing time. The experimental results demonstrated the feasibility of the ERT system to monitor the mixing process in the UV photoreactor. The ERT results also indicated that the locations of the UV tubes had a signigicant impact on the mixing performance in such a batch stirred tank reactor. Other parameters encompassing the impeller rotational speed the impeller type, and off-bottom clearance were presented with respect to the extensive effects on the mixing time and power consumption.
A Channel Based Fair Scheduling Scheme For Downlink High Speed Data In CDMA Networks
Authors: Zhao Ying
Published: May 2021

High speed data transmission in wireless networks demands better radio resource management schemes. The research work for this thesis considers packet scheduling in downlinks of a cellular CDMA system for delay-tolerant applications. In this thesis, a packet scheduling scheme is proposed that attempts to provide fair allocation of individuals throughout and obtain relatively high system throughput. It is based on combined consideration of channel conditions, required throughput and achieved average throughput. A priority factor and system tolerance factor are introduced. We confirmed the trade-off between system throughout (i.e., efficiency) and individual throughput (i.e., fairness) by both analysis and simulation. Relative performance between the proposed scheme and traditional schemes is evaluated through simulation to confirm the analytical observations. The sensitivity of system tolerance factor towards efficiency and fairness was also investigated. Overall, the proposed scheme performs between absolute unfairness scheme and absolute fairness scheme in term s of system throughput and fair allocation of individual throughput.
Assessing the feasibility of a sustainable winemaking eco-label initiative in Ontario
Authors: Berghoef Naomi A
Published: May 2021

This study investigates the feasibility of a sustainable winemaking eco-labelling program for Ontario. Currently the wine industry in Ontario encourages sustainability in their industry through a voluntary initiative. Research indicates the eco-labelling can be effective means of encouraging proactive environmental behaviour using market forces in some markets, by indicating to consumers those products that are environmentally superior. Through interviews with industry members and surveys with consumers this research determines the degree of interest in an eco-labelling program. Factors that could motivate or deter participation in the program by industry and use of the label by consumers were also identified. The findings reveal that there is interest among industry and consumers in an eco-labelling program. Furthermore, the eco-label should be certified by a credible agency, be simple in format, address the entire winemaking process and be accompanied by an educational promotional campaign.
Building Up: A Case Study on Social Entrepreneurship in Toronto
Authors: MacCarthy Kristen
Published: May 2021

This holistic case study showcases Building Up as an exemplar of a successful social enterprise in the city of Toronto. Data was collected through the interviewing of the founder, an employee, and a program participant in addition to an observational visit. Many perspectives surrounding the evolution, current conduct of the organization, and its overall impact were gained. The findings shine light on important aspects of social entrepreneurship that is absent within the literature. The discussion of the findings draws from critical and decolonial frameworks which deepened the conversation of what it means to be a successful social enterprise in Toronto. This paper concluded with contemplations, contradictions and suggestions on how best to move forward.

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship, Successful Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneurs, Alternative Systems, Connection, Social Change
Dreams of Paradise
Authors: Asayesh Afsaneh F.
Published: May 2021

The Persistence of Memory 

Memory is what shapes us. Memory drives our aspirations and our search for happiness, for paradise. This project is situated within the architecture of memory, where it explores issues of journey and migration, reminiscence and desire, and the transformation that results when emotions overlay physical xperiences of place. Its structure is the juxtaposition of the journey of paradise with a personal life journey, with memory as the driving force. In explorations and re-formations of paradises, it examines the internalization of place t hrough memory and emotion, and extrapolates the powerful desires thus formed into new expressions of paradise. Paradise - this powerful construct - has endured millennia, manifesting in painting, pottery, tiles, poetry, stained glass, carpets,....and in architecture. As a place, Paradise is about contrast and tension : outside versus inside, lush garden versus arid desert, abundance versus desolation, growth versus stasis. It is about the sanctuary of a garden in contrast to the desert. Transformed into concept, it is about the promise of the ultimate sanctuary of happiness, a sanctuary against death and oblivion. The journey of dissemination and transformation of Paradise is testament to the potency of memory as it propels change, interpreting physical space as we project the dreams of our internal architecture to re-fashion our world.
The Effects of Temporality and Spatiality Due to Aged Data in LIfe Cycle Assessments
Authors: Pryshlakivsky Jonathan
Published: May 2021

Life cycle assessment is a relatively new—although decades old—method for assessing the environmental impacts of goods and services. It seeks to quantify these impacts in such a manner as to facilitate informed decisions regarding different, yet equally viable, options. However, this aim must be conditional on the notion that these impacts are measured with a number of associated qualifications or caveats, two of which is subject of this work. As subject matter, temporality and spatiality in life cycle assessment are both very broad, although this dissertation focuses specifically on temporality and spatiality due to age of data. The structure of the dissertation follows three distinct phases. The first phase contextualized the subject matter and its relation towards standardization of life cycle assessment methods. In doing so, it identifies and contextualizes the subject matter. The second phase identified Greenhouse gases, Regulatory Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation 2 as an ideal model on which to assess temporality and spatiality due to age of data since it models the life cycle assessment of an assortment of different vehicles. This phase also involved data collection, and uses a platform of assessment tools including Monte Carlo simulations, analysis of variance, F tests, regression analysis, and tests for non-normality (kurtosis and skewness). Building on the second phase, the third phase moved beyond the original phases by more than doubling the amount of materials of manufacture to be studied and adding further tools for assessment, the mainstay of which are regression analyses. Overall, this study found that the use of Monte Carlo simulations and analysis of variance are useful for identifying long term variation in energy intensity of materials. F-tests were useful in identifying which materials showed effects owing to spatiality. Although not in all instances, tests for non-normality identified which circumstances merit log transformation to bring about more accurate results. Linear regression techniques were used as a posterior test to confirm the origins of the variation seen in the Monte Carlo simulations and the analysis of variation. Moving ahead, this study pointed to the need for more concerted efforts in data promulgation.
Narratives of LGBTQ+/non-heterosexual East Asian women
Authors: Tran Nancy
Published: May 2021

As the title indicates, this paper seeks to explore what the personal narratives and experiences are of LGBTQ+/non-heterosexual East Asian women. I utilised semi-structured, one-on-one interviews with two participants to explore specifically how heteronormativity/homophobia, racism, and sexism have impacted their identity development. This research also looked at the influence of ethnic/cultural backgrounds on the development and understanding of their sexual orientation. The primary findings from the data were that participants experienced guilt and shame for being queer/non-heterosexual from others, and thus repressed their same-gender attractions; participants struggled to reconcile multiple, (seemingly) contradictory identities; participants spoke about the influence of traditional cultural values such as filial piety; and finally, participants identified the broader LGBTQ+ community as being predominantly White and male-dominated.
Signal processing for transmitted-reference ultra wideband system
Authors: Emmanuel Alston L.
Published: May 2021

This thesis focuses on transmitted-reference ultra wideband (TR-UWB) systems coexistence with IEEE802.11a WLAN systems. TR-UWB systems can relax the difficult synchronization requirements and can provide a simple receiver architecture that gathers the energy from many resolvable multipath components. However, UWB TR systems are susceptible to interference which comes from other wireless systems. In this thesis, TR-UWB system performance is studied in the presence of strong IEEE 802.11a WLAN interference in both AWGN and IEEE channel model. In order to reduce both the effects of interference by and into UWB signals, we propose a new method in conjunction with a multi-carrier type transmission pulse using wavelet analysis and notch filtering. Using wavelet analysis, spectral density of the transmitted UWB signal around the interfering band is reduced by 60 dB lower than the peak. With the modified TR-UWB receiver, the TR-UWB system shows performance improvement in the presence of strong IEEE 8-2.11a interference in both AWGN and IEEE channel models. The proposed method can be used for the coexistence of different wireless systems with UWB system.