Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Dispersive Effects of the Stress-optic Response in Oxide Glasses
(2010-06-22)Anisotropy in glass can lead to a transmitted double image due to birefringence. Stress-induced birefringence, the stress-optic effect, is undesirable for applications such as commercial imaging. The leading zero stress-optic ... -
Disputed Sovereignty: A Bilateral Solution to the Northwest Passage
(2010-09-20)This study examines how the legal dispute between Canada and the United States, on the status of the Northwest Passage could be resolved through diplomatic means. It asserts that Canada is unable to unilaterally defend its ... -
DISRUPTION OF SLEEP AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHM ORGANIZATION AS RISK FACTORS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
(2016-08-26)Individuals commonly report disrupted nighttime sleep and daytime sleepiness in the early, preclinical, stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), as well as other dementias. Furthermore, there is accumulating evidence of a ... -
Dissecting Co-management - An Examination of Fishermen Involvement in Fisheries Management in Nova Scotia, Canada
(2017-05-02)This research provides a systematic assessment of fishermen involvement, by first disaggregating fisheries management into its various components, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of the realities of co-management, ... -
Dissecting Race: An Examination of Anatomical Illustration and the Absence of Non-White Bodies
(2015)This thesis is an examination of representations of non-white bodies in the anatomical illustrations used in biomedical pedagogical literature. Particular attention has been paid in recent years to the lack of female ... -
Dissolved and particulate lipid classes in the aquatic environment.
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A distance constraint model for the prediction of tertiary structures of globular proteins.
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Distilling an Industry: Re-engaging the Community of Bell Island through Small-Scale Industry
(2019-08-13)The province of Newfoundland and Labrador presents many outlets for resources and innovation. Unfortunately, outdated technology and economic downturns have rendered many communities economically vulnerable. The community ... -
The Distinction of Indistinction and Meister Eckhart's Way of Life
(2012-08-22)This thesis investigates the role of practical activity in the union of the soul and God in Meister Eckhart. Since Eckhart’s attitude toward temporal works is highly inconsistent, the thesis begins by examining the complex ... -
DISTINCTIVE DEALINGS: FORMAL AND INFORMAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
(2018-12-18)Over the past fifty years, the informal economy has emerged as a concept in contradistinction to the formal economy. Literature often assumes that informal economic activities result from precarity and a lack of access to ... -
Distributed Control of Power Systems with Demand Participation
(2017-10-12)In this dissertation work, we present our research on decentralized and centralized control strategies in power systems using convex optimization methods. We have analyzed nonlinear models of power systems. These models ... -
A Distributed Method for Fast Force-Directed Layout of Large Scale-free Network Graphs
(2016-01-07)Network graphs from Online Social Networks (OSNs) - representing network participants, and their relationships and interactions - are an area of significant investigation. Visual layouts of these graphs are a common tool ... -
Distributed Model Predictive Control for Collision and Obstacle Avoidance of Multiple Quadcopters
(2018-07-31)As the cost to manufacture quadcopters decrease, multi-agent applications for civilian tasks, such as large-scale surveying, search and rescue missions and fire fighting, are becoming increasingly realizable. However, a ... -
Distribution and Elemental Composition of Picoplankton in the North Pacific Ocean
(2021-01-05)Marine picoplankton account for a considerable portion of primary production in the Ocean, particularly in the oligotrophic regions. Picoplankton are dominated by three major groups: Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus and ... -
The distribution of copepods in the Shubenacadie River Estuary relative to the diet of larval striped bass (Morone saxatilis)
(2019-08-29)The distribution of both copepods and larval striped bass were quantified in the upper estuary (25-40 river kilometer) from May to August 2016 and 2017. Examining the distributions of larvae and potential prey relative to ... -
The Distribution of Recent Foraminifera in Southeast Baffin Bay
(1972)In a study of foraminiferal distribution in southeast Baffin Bay and the associated environmental parameters, 44 grab samples and 4 cores were analysed for their foraminiferal and sediment contents. Environmental parameters ... -
Distribution, Dimerization and Function of Human Cannabinoid Receptor Type 1 Coding Region Splice Variants
(2012-08-17)The pharmacological functions of the type 1 human cannabinoid receptor (hCB1) are thought to be modulated through the isoform encoded by the fourth exon of the CNR1 gene. Two other mRNA variants of the coding region of ... -
Distributional effects of unemployment and disinflation in Canada: 1981-1987.
(Dalhousie University, 1992)