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The Internet and social capital among co-operatives in Canada
(2012)
Achieving public participation and creating community consensus in the framework of sustainable development practices can be an onerous task in the absence of social capital. This can be compounded when attempting to ...
Essays on the impact of health information technology on health care providers and patients
(2012)
Information technology has been transforming health care industry. This dissertation investigates the use of health information technology by health care providers and patients as well as its outcomes. This dissertation ...
A method for evaluating and standardizing ontologies
(2012)
The Open Biomedical Ontology (OBO) Foundry initiative is a collaborative effort for developing interoperable, science-based ontologies. The Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) serves as the upper ontology for the domain-level ...
Thermal interrelation Investigations into thermally responsive architecture
(2012)
Historically, our attempts to suppress a material's reaction to external stimuli (e.g., sealing, painting, etc.) has led to a limited pallet of conventional construction materials, chosen because of their predictability. ...
Investigating information technologies in disasters: Three essays on micro-blogging and free and open source software (FOSS) environment
(2012)
This dissertation aims to investigate how advanced information technologies cope with the various demands of disaster response. It consists of three essays on the exploration of micro-blogging and FOSS environments. The ...
Data Association on Large Quantities of Complex Data
(2012)
Data association is the problem of identifying when multiple sensors have observed the same entity, which is important since it allows multiple sensors to work together in observing a common environment. This thesis will ...
Scenes of chaos and joy: Playing and performing selves in digitally virtu/real places
(2012)
Since the creation of the World Wide Web, researchers have attempted to understand the larger cultural and societal implications of this "space that is not a space" on identity, community, expression, and behavior. ...
A Proposed Bioabsorbable Device for Esophageal Atresia Repair Using a Combined Endoluminal and Thoracoscopic Approach to Anastomosis that Utilizes Radio Frequency Glow Discharge Treatment for Material Sterilization and Surface Modification
(2012)
The purpose of this investigation was to research and develop a new innovative pediatric biomedical device for the anastomosis of the esophagus for treatment of the disorder known as Esophageal Atresia with Tracheal ...