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Using Artificial Intelligence-Based Argument Theory To Generate Automated Patient Education Dialogues: An Interactive Educational Dialogue System For Families Of Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
(2018-12-07)Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a chronic rheumatic disease affecting between 1 and 4 out of 1000 children in Canada, with outcomes including pain, prolonged dependence on medications, and disability. To allow ... -
USING AUTOMATED RADIO-TELEMETRY TO ASSESS SPRING MIGRATORY ECOLOGY AND SURVIVAL OF IPSWICH SPARROWS (PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS PRINCEPS)
(2020-04-15)Songbird behaviour during migration is consequential because it can affect survival and ultimately population size. Behaviour during spring migration may be particularly important because it affects condition and timing ... -
Using Canadian Law to Prevent, Respond to and Remedy Maltreatment in Sport: Listening to and Learning from Athletes
(2020-09-09)This thesis addresses maltreatment of athletes in Canada, in the post-Nassar era, by considering applicable law, policy, academic literature and a qualitative study. Athlete maltreatment may include: psychological, physical ... -
Using Contribution Analysis to Evaluate U.S. Farm Link Programs: Opportunities to improve non-family succession of the 'family farm'
(2014-12-12)This research examines 12 U.S. Farm Link Programs (FLP) using a type of program evaluation called Contribution Analysis (CA) to determine if FLPs are effective in facilitating farmland transfers between retirement-aged ... -
Using Drosophila Models to Investigate Human Disease Variants Implicated in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
(2023-12-13)As exome and genome sequencing is becoming increasingly routine in clinical practice, the identification of rare variants is also increasing. Individuals with unique disease phenotypes who undergo whole-genome or -exome ... -
Using eDNA to Track Microbial and Meiofaunal Communities in the Environment Surrounding Coastal Finfish Aquaculture in Nova Scotia
(2021-04-08)Finfish aquaculture has increased globally in recent years, leading to concerns about effects on the surrounding environment. Traditionally used biological environmental monitoring techniques are often time consuming and ... -
Using Energy Storage to Maximize Wind and Solar Electricity Generators Effectiveness in Dispatchable Generation Replacement
(2021-08-31)To aid in the replacement of fossil fuel-based electricity generation with renewable generation this thesis uses timestep wind and solar generation data with load data to determine the required storage demands for dispatchable ... -
USING ENSEMBLE CLUSTERING TO IDENTIFY PHENOTYPES OF DIABETES PATIENTS FOR EVALUATING DISEASE PROGRESSION
(2022-04-05)Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic health condition that affects multiple organs and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The management of diabetes requires periodic pathology investigations and physician ... -
Using eye-tracking technology as a measure of cognition in traumatic brain injury: A scoping review
(2022-02-10)Cognitive impairment is a common and debilitating symptom of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Conventional neuropsychological assessment tools rely on verbal or manual responses, and there is no universally accepted ... -
Using Gabapentin to Treat Chronic Cough: A Review of Literature
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Using GIS for Spatial and Temporal Analysis in Print Culture Studies: Some Opportunities and Challenges
(Duke University Press, 2000)Examines the issues involved in employing a viewpoint that geography impacts research. Idea in the history of print culture; Interest in the study of print culture; Use of quantitative data by historians of print culture; ... -
Using Heat to Trace Vertical Water Fluxes in Sediment Experiencing Concurrent Tidal Pumping and Groundwater Discharge
(Wiley/American Geophysical Union, 2021-02)Heat has been widely applied to trace groundwater-surface water exchanges in inland environments, but it is infrequently applied in coastal sediment where head oscillations induce periodicity in water flux magnitude/direction ... -
Using High-Throughput Paleolimnological Methods to Evaluate the Distribution and Transport of Lead in Northeastern North America
(2020-09-17)Using high-throughput paleolimnological methods, this thesis evaluated anthropogenic Pb deposition along a west-east transect from the Adirondack Mountains, New York, USA (ADIR) region, the Vermont-New Hampshire-Maine, USA ... -
USING HYDROCORTISONE TO STUDY CONJUNCTIVAL PAPILLAE AND PLACODE FORMATION IN THE CHICKEN EMBRYONIC EYE
(2023-12-15)Scleral ossicle bones can be seen in the eyes of many vertebrates, including reptiles, and their development is easily studied in the embryonic chicken eye. Previous research has described how these bones are induced through ... -
USING INFORMATION ON PAST AND PRESENT FOREST COVER TO GUIDE RESTORATION EFFORTS: AN ANALYSIS OF DATA QUALITY AND LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY IN UNAMA’KI (CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA)
(2023-08-04)Ecological connectivity is the extent to which a landscape supports the movement of organisms and processes between patches of suitable habitat and is necessary for ecosystem functioning. Boreal forests in Unama’ki (Cape ... -
Using Integrated Environmental Change Study Methods to Understand Factors Influencing Harmful Algae Blooms in a Rural Headwater Lake
(2021-08-13)Eutrophication and algae production are an important lake management issue in rural Nova Scotia. In the past decade, there have been increasing instances of harmful algae bloom (HAB) events in previously unaffected surface ... -
Using Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) to Guide Cervical Cancer Care Among Inuit Communities: Implications from A Scoping Review
(2019-08-09)This thesis is part of a larger research project that aims to use Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) in the development of culturally-relevant cervical cancer care among Inuit communities. Specifically, a Joanna Briggs Institute ... -
USING LANDSCAPE GENETICS TO FORM A PORTRAIT OF A SUCKER: AN ARGUMENT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF MULTIPLE FACTORS TO CAPTURE THE WHOLE PICTURE OF A SUBARCTIC DENDRITIC METAPOPULATION
(2015)I tested the relative importance of life history, environmental barriers, dendritic structure, and historical colonization on the neutral genetic structure of a longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) metapopulation in the ...
