Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Ecopoetic Interventions: Poets Critiquing Canadian Petrocultures and Pipelines
(2020-08-27)This project examines how petrocultural narratives, and infrastructure, are created and sustained through official rhetoric. I explore how ecopoetic interventions can be leveraged to influence public policy, articulate ... -
Ecosystem Approach to Salmon Mariculture: Charting Law and Policy Coordinates from Theory, International Law, and State Practice
(2023-04-13)The Dissertation addresses the legal dimensions of an ecosystem approach to salmon mariculture. Its objective is to identify legal features that support, enable or obstruct the operationalization of an ecosystem approach ... -
ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF URBAN SPONTANEOUS VEGETATION
(2011-04-20)This thesis set out to investigate the processes that determine the richness and composition of plant communities of spontaneously colonized derelict land in Metro Halifax, Nova Scotia. As urbanization rates continue to ... -
Ecosystem Services, Context and the Social Basis for Conservation: The Case of Insect Pollination Benefits to Lowbush Blueberry
(2015)The conservation of ecosystems is increasingly justified on the basis of the human welfare they generate. Since many of the “services” supplied by ecosystems are not currently captured in markets, advocates of ecosystem ... -
Edge Detection Operators for X-ray Images Based on Hessian Matrices
(2020-12-15)This thesis developed two sophisticated statistical methods for edge detection in X-ray images. The first method evaluates the possibility of each pair of pixels in the X-ray images being on the intended edges by assigning ... -
Edible Ecologies : An Architecture for the Social Life of Food
(2017-08-10)People have become disconnected from the producing, preparing, sharing, and celebrating of food that is such a fundamental element of identity and culture. The global industrial food system has reduced the social ... -
Education and cerebral asymmetries.
(Dalhousie University, 1985) -
Education as Cultural Healing and Empowerment: Spaces for Learning in the Context of Anishinaabe Communities Surrounding the Georgian Bay
(2017-04-07)This thesis seeks for cultural healing and empowerment through learning spaces reflective of Anishinaabe worldviews. The program responds to current efforts by the Anishinaabe people surrounding the Great Lakes to develop ... -
Education at What Price? A Study of Low Cost Private Education in Malawi
(2015)Abstract With the shift to free primary education resulting in greater numbers of primary school graduates, Malawi has seen an increased demand for secondary education. Limited public resources, have forced Malawians to ... -
Education by Embarrassment and Mortification: Character Development in Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Persuasion
(1986)The undertaking of this thesis is to demonstrate that in Jane Austen's novels mortification and embarrassment are central to the thematic and structural organization, and its purpose is to analyze these as the method by ... -
EFFECT OF 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE (1-MCP) ON THE FLAVOUR METABOLITES OF APPLE JUICE
(2016-02-26)This study determined the effect of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), storage atmosphere storage time and harvest maturity on the content of sugars, titratable acidity (TA), malic acid, volatile compounds, total phenolic content ... -
EFFECT OF 3D SIMULATED WELDING INDUCED HAZ, RESIDUAL STRESS AND DISTORTION FIELDS ON ULTIMATE STRENGTH OF ALUMINUM STIFFENED PLATES
(2016-05-06)A finite element study was conducted to investigate the friction stir welding (FSW) and metal inert gas welding (MIG) induced residual stresses, distortions and heat affected zone (HAZ) and their effects on the behaviour ... -
The Effect of a botanical extract blend on behaviour, enrichment use, stress response, production performance and egg quality of laying hens housed in a furnished cage system
(2022-12-15)With the phasing of conventional cages in Canada, there are concerns about how birds’ affective states may influence their motivation to explore various enrichments. Phytogenic additives have been explored for poultry ... -
The Effect of Acidification on the Survival of American Eel
(2011-05-06)The geographic range of the panmictic American eel (Anguilla rostrata) has contracted in recent years because of the pronounced decline in recruitment of glass eels and elvers to the Laurentian Basin. In consequence, the ... -
THE EFFECT OF ACTION OBSERVATION AND MOTOR IMAGERY ON CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY DURING A MOTOR-RELATED TASK IN HEALTHY ADULTS
(2020-08-31)Although action observation and motor imagery have typically been viewed as independent techniques for motor learning, research has found increased learning outcomes when action observation and motor imagery are used ... -
Effect of Adenosine Diphosphate on Dendritic Cell and T Cell Responses
(2011-12-13)Nucleotides, such as ATP and its derivatives, are released at high concentrations at sites of inflammation and modulate the immune response. When cultured in the presence of ADP or stable analogue ADP?S, DC surface expression ... -
The Effect of Bacterial High Temperature Protein G on Intestinal Epithelial Cells in the Context of Pediatric Crohn’s Disease
(2020-08-07)Crohn’s disease (CD), a type of inflammatory bowel disease, is caused by environmental, microbial, genetic, and immunological factors. Increased expression of specific heat shock proteins (HSPs) in CD patients protects ... -
Effect of beta-glucan and environmental factors on the physical and chemical properties of wort and beer.
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The Effect of Chemical Fumigation and Biofumigation on the Soil Nitrogen Cycle, Soil Respiration, and the Soil Microbial Community
(2022-01-20)Chemical fumigation and biofumigation are used to reduce soil-borne diseases in potato crop production systems. However, soil fumigation may impact non-targeted soil microorganisms, consequently altering essential soil ... -
The Effect of Cognitive Skills on Aboriginal People's Employment Outcomes
(2014-08-22)This paper uses the 2012 Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (2012 PIAAC) and examines how cognitive skills affect the labour market outcomes of Aboriginal people in Canada. The results show ...