Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Corticospinal excitability enhances when aerobic exercise matches regular physical activity intensity
(2020-01-09)Corticospinal excitability (CSE) increases after a single bout of aerobic exercise (AE), facilitating neuroplasticity. However, while some individuals enhance in CSE after a bout of AE, others show a decrease or no apparent ... -
The Cosmic Christian Vision of Prudentius' Liber Cathemerinon, and the Inculturation of Augustan Vatic Poetry
(2010-09-16)The object of this study is two-fold: 1) to show that the Liber Cathemerinon of Prudentius Aurelius Clemens is not just a series of unrelated hymns, but a poetic breviarium, or handbook, of fundamental Nicene Christian ... -
Cosmogenic Nuclide Quantification of Paleo-fluvial Sedimentation Rates in Response to Climate Change
(2013-04-30)The magnitude of global sediment flux from streams to the oceans over the last 5 Ma is poorly quantified, yet important for predicting future fluxes and deciphering the relative control of tectonic uplift, climate change, ... -
Cost Analysis of an HIV/AIDS Prevention Project: A Case Study of the AIDS 3 Project in BENIN
(2011-09-06)The objective of this thesis is to undertake a cost analysis of an HIV/AIDS prevention programme targeting vulnerable groups in Benin. The AIDS-3 project (Projet Sida 3), a project targeting Female Sex Workers (FSWs), ... -
Cost Estimation For Commercial Software Development Organizations
(2011-11-04)The estimation of the software cost remains one of the most challenging problems in software engineering; as a preliminary estimate of cost includes many elements of uncertainty. Reliable and early estimates are difficult ... -
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Melford International Terminal
(2017-04-27)A proposal to build a state-of-the-art container terminal in Guysborough County Nova Scotia has been announced by a private firm. This paper uses a cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the profitability of the firm but also ... -
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF TIDAL ENERGY GENERATION IN NOVA SCOTIA: A SCENARIO FOR A TIDAL FARM WITH 300MW OF INSTALLED CAPACITY IN THE MINAS PASSAGE IN 2020
(2012-04-03)This thesis presents a cost-benefit analysis of tidal power generation with specific reference to the installation of a 300MW tidal farm in the Minas Passage, in Nova Scotia, in 2020, as a case study. Nova Scotia has set ... -
Cost-effectiveness of Alternative NICU Designs
(2020-09-01)The design of the physical space of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has been proposed as a target for intervention to improve neonatal outcomes. Most NICUs are currently designed so that infants are cared for in a ... -
COUGAR: A System for Clustering Unknown Malware Using Genetic Algorithm Routines
(2020-12-08)Malicious software is a persistent threat across our digital platforms. With unending malware growth, and increasingly higher profile attacks, organizations across the world are ramping up their cyber defence capabili ... -
Counter-Monument: Transformation of An Industrial Structure in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2019-08-16)Industry plays a crucial role and partially constructs the identities of Halifax as a port city in Nova Scotia. The industrial facilities in Halifax possess qualities that help frame the city’s identity. Halifax’s south ... -
COUNTERSTORYTELLING: INTERSECTIONS OF RACE AND AMERICAN LAW IN DERRICK BELL'S SCIENCE FICTION
(2013-08-26)Recently, a division of legal scholarship, Critical Race Theory, began examining the law from a new perspective: creative literature. Within the legal community, CRT legal storytelling has received mixed reception; yet ... -
Counting All the Imaginary Fish and More
(2023-12-05)Avoiding overexploitation of marine resources requires being able to accurately estimate the size and health of a population. This thesis presents methods that improve upon existing fisheries stock assessment methods. ... -
Country-rock contamination and assimilation in the South Mountain Batholith.
(Dalhousie University, 2007) -
Coupled Water Balance and Groundwater Model to Assess the Influence of Low Impact Development Stormwater Strategies on Groundwater Recharge.
(2017-02-07)Low impact development has been adopted as a sustainable way of managing stormwater in urbanized catchments. While the effect of LID features on surface water and stream health has been investigated in recent studies, ... -
Coupling Information Transmission with an Approximate Message Passing Receiver
(2016-08-22)Spatial graph coupling has been immensely successful in the field of error correcting codes. Motivated by this success the coupling approach has been implemented for more general communication formats, including multiple-access ... -
The Court of Beast and Bough: Contesting the Medieval English Forest in the Early Robin Hood Ballads
(2011-09-06)After King William created the New Forest in the twelfth century, the English monarchy sought to define the vert, both legally and ideologically, as a site in which the king’s rights were vigorously enforced. In the romance ... -
Craft-DFL: Navigating the Performance of Decentralized Federated Learning Deployments
(2024-08-27)The widespread adoption of smartphones and smart wearable devices has led to the widespread use of Centralized Federated Learning (CFL) for training powerful machine learning models while preserving data privacy. However, ... -
CRC Aided Dynamic List SCL Decoder for Polar and PAC Codes
(2023-08-15)Error-correction codes are indispensable to ensure reliable data transmission in various communication systems. Among these, Polar codes and PAC (Polarized Adjustable Convolutional) codes have gained significant attention ... -
Creating sustainable democracy? Canadian policy in the Visegrad countries in the post-Cold War period.
(Dalhousie University, 1998)