Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Public Libraries and Search Engines
(2016-04-11)Although public libraries are dedicated to connecting people to information, the information resources offered by many Canadian libraries are currently inaccessible to search engine indexing robots, and thus effectively ... -
Public Reason and Political Critique: Toward a Kantian Reading of Rawls' Political Liberalism
(2018-08-21)This thesis presents and defends a newly Kantian understanding of John Rawls’ political thought. Focusing on his doctrine of public reason and his view of political justification more generally, I offer a reading of Rawls’ ... -
Public school reform and the Halifax middle class, 1850-1870.
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Public Space for Public Good: Making Privately Owned Public Spaces in Vancouver More Inclusive and Supportive
(2023-08-02)This thesis examines the influence and effects of privatisation to support arguments for improved policy regarding Privately Owned Public Space (POPS). In Vancouver, BC city agencies negotiate POPS and other contributions ... -
PUKTEWEI: LEARNING FROM FIRE IN MI’KMA’KI (MI’KMAQ TERRITORY)
(2016-12-19)Throughout history humans have lived with fires on the land. Land fires over Turtle Island (North America) are influenced by climate, lightning, ecology, and cultural uses. Recently, non-Indigenous governments have sought ... -
PUMP PROBE STUDIES OF SPIN DYNAMICS IN THE 2D PEROVSKITE BUTYLAMMONIUM METHYLAMMONIUM LEAD IODIDE
(2018-09-28)Halide perovskites have emerged as a promising class of materials for spintronic applications due to their large spin-orbit coupling and Rashba splitting. In this thesis, circularly polarized pump-probe spectroscopy was ... -
The purification and kinetic studies of human liver aldehyde dehydrogenase.
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PURIFICATION OF CHYMOTRYPSIN FROM FISH WASTE USING REVERSE MICELLES
(2011-12-14)Reverse micelles systems AOT/isooctane was used for the concentration chymotrypsin from crude aqueous extract of red perch (intestine). The effects of pH and AOT concentration in the forward extraction step and pH and KCl ... -
Purposeful/Purposeless
(2012-04-11)This thesis examines what makes a building valuable enough to keep regardless of what happens within it or where it is. A generic vacant lot in Dartmouth, N.S., ensures that these qualities are derived primarily from the ... -
Pursuing Prefabrication: An Exploration of Building at McMurdo Station
(2021-04-08)While experimentation during the early 20th century pushed prefabrication by challenging off-site and on-site practices, it still struggles to establishes itself beyond novelty in contemporary building. The qualities of ... -
The Pursuit of Effective Catalysis for C-C and C-N Cross-Coupling under Mild Conditions
(2018-04-03)Homogeneous transition metal-catalysis has had a great impact on the synthesis of organic molecules in recent years. The selective mono-arylation of small molecules, a class of reactions predominantly achieved via transition ... -
PUSHING THE FIRST DOMINO: FREEING THE WHALES IN CANADA
(2021-08-30)In 2019, the Canadian Parliament adopted Bill S-203, titled the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act [Whales Act], to phase-out the captivity of cetaceans – that is, whales, dolphins, and porpoises – mainly for ... -
PUT ON YOUR GAME FACE! INHIBITORY AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL CORRELATES OF EMOTION REGULATION IN EARLY AND MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
(2013-12-17)Emotion regulation can be defined as the ability to alter expressive displays of emotion. Children’s developing capacity to regulate emotions may depend on individual characteristics and pertinent inhibitory and socioemotional ... -
PUTATIVE ROLE OF THE ALTERNATIVE SIGMA FACTOR, SIGB, IN SURVIVAL OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES 568 DURING DESICCATION ON STAINLESS STEEL SURFACES
(2011-12-16)Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne bacterial pathogen that colonises and persists in the food processing environment causing cross-contamination of processed foods, including ready-to-eat meat products. I hypothesised ... -
Putting the Constitutional Horse Before the Cart: Federal Jurisdiction over Next Generation Environmental Assessment
(2021-04-09)This thesis explores the extent of federal jurisdiction over a next generation environmental assessment (EA) model proposed by Sinclair, Doelle and Gibson. Examining the jurisprudence and literature, it analyses the scope ... -
PUTTING THE EMPIRE IN ITS PLACE: OVID ON THE GOLDENNESS OF ROME
(2012-12-14)This study explores the relationship between poetry and politics in Books 1 and 15 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Vergil had refashioned the concept of the golden age to better resonate with Roman values, and Ovid in turn ... -
PVA-Based Scaffolds for Controlled Release of Neuroprotective Compounds
(2021-08-06)To restore function lost by damage to the nerve fibers, nerve regeneration must take place. Poor clinical outcomes are still observed for many autografting surgeries, stem cell therapies, and growth factor treatments. ... -
Pygmalion inversus – Inversion des Mythos bei Gundolf und Kaiser
(2012-08-30)Myths are not static, but rather characterised by variation and variability. Thus since classical times and continuing to the present day, one can recognize a mythopoetic freedom in the use of and interaction with the ... -
Pyroligneous Acid Effects on Seed Germination, Plant Growth, Female/Male Sex Ratio, and Yield of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
(2021-09-07)Pyroligneous acid has shown great promise as a biostimulant for many agronomic crops by stimulating seed germination, plant growth, and yield. However, most of the studies did not determine effect of different modes ...