Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Habitable Cities: Modernism, Urban Space, and Everyday Life
(2010-09-01)The “Unreal City” of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land looms large over the landscape of critical inquiry into the metropolitan character of Anglo-American modernism. Characterized by the disorienting speed and chaos of modern ... -
Habitat dependence of population abundance and variability in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
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Habitat of Galápagos sperm whales: A cultural perspective and implications for conservation
(2017-12-13)Habitat models elucidate species-environment relationships and inform conservation. But the influence of environmental variables on habitat use is scale-dependent and influenced by behaviour. Sperm whales (Physeter ... -
Habitat Suitability Mapping of the American Lobster for Use in Marine Spatial Planning
(2018-08-07)Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a management tool which could help mitigate the conflict that exists between the American lobster fishery and the net-pen salmon aquaculture industry in the Canadian Maritime provinces. ... -
Haemodynamic profiling for diagnosing and treating hypertension.
(Dalhousie University, 1984) -
HAITIAN MIGRANTS AT THE MEXICO-U.S. BORDER: HEGEMONY, THE INTEGRAL STATE, AND SUBALTERN CLASSES
(2023-07-03)This dissertation is an ethnographic and theoretical exploration to Haitian migrant experiences in the border city of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Thousands of Haitians arrived in Tijuana from South America in mid-2016, ... -
The Haitian-Dominican Contradiction: Migration and Development in the Dominican Republic
(2017-07-26)This thesis explores the connection between migration and development in the Dominican Republic, specifically in regards to people of Haitian descent there. To examine the connection, perceptions held by Dominican citizens ... -
HAPTOGLOBIN PHENOTYPE, HDL-CHOLESTEROL RAISING THERAPY (FIBRATE), AND RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EVENTS WITHIN THE ACTION TO CONTROL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN DIABETES (ACCORD) LIPID TRIAL
(2020-08-21)Background: The failure of many clinical trials aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD) by pharmacologically raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol has cast doubt on the idea that more HDL-cholesterol ... -
The harbour seal, Phoca vitulina concolor, in eastern Canada.
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HARDENING SOFT INFORMATION IN CREDIT RATING: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL CULTURE
(2023-12-07)Credit ratings play a central role in disseminating credit information to market participants and in shaping a firm's financing and capital structure. However, recent evidence suggests that global rating standards change ... -
"The Hardest Button to Button" - A Critical Analysis of Jack White and the White Stripes
(2013-04-10)Since their original formation in the summer of 1997, Detroit rock duo, the White Stripes have occupied a formidable and well-publicized position within the context of American music. Despite this accomplished status, the ... -
Harmonic Analysis On Affine Groups: Generalized Continuous Wavelet Transforms
(2021-08-18)The set of all invertible affine transformations of a two dimensional real vector space forms a locally compact group G2 that is isomorphic to the semi-direct product group formed when GL2(R) acts on R2 in the obvious ... -
HARMONICS ANALYSIS OF A WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM WITH A PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR
(2015-03-03)Global energy demands are growing daily, with renewable energy options such as wind power emerging as attractive alternatives to fossil fuels. This thesis is mainly doing simulation using Matlab to filter harmonics which ... -
HARMONICS FORECASTING FOR WIND AND SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES-BASED ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS
(2023-12-12)The practice of harmonics forecasting plays an integral role in the development of mitigation devices aimed at lessening the adverse effects of harmonic disturbances in electrical systems. This doctoral research endeavours ... -
Harmonized System Code Classification Using Transfer Learning with Pre-Trained Weights
(2021-08-13)The Harmonized System (HS) was developed as a multipurpose international product nomenclature that describes the type of good that is shipped. It allows customs authorities to identify and clear every commodity that enters ... -
Harold Bloom's Western Canon: What's the Use?
(2017-09-01)Contemporary academics writing on value and the humanities have largely left the frantic and apocalyptic rhetoric of the “canon wars” behind, returning to more nuanced arguments about literature’s political and social ... -
HASKAP (LONICERA CAERULEA L.) PLANT RESPONSE TO VARYING FREQUENCY AND RATE OF PYROLIGNEOUS ACID WITH ADDED LIQUID SEAWEED EXTRACT
(2020-12-17)Haskap (Lonicera caerulea L.) is a new plant in Canada with many investment potentials. A field experiment was conducted to determine the effects of frequency (weekly, bi-weekly, and tri-weekly) and rates (2, 4, 6, 8, and ... -
Haskap (Lonicera caerulea L.) Response to Plastic Mulch Colours and Fertility Amendments
(2020-12-09)Haskap (Lonicera caerulea L.) is a new berry crop in Canada. Crop growth and productivity largely depend on soil and plant microclimate conditions. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the effect of plastic ... -
Have You Heard About Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, And Cognitive Decline? Relationships, Mechanisms, And A Proposed Investigation Using Event-Related Potentials
(2021-06-02)This thesis summarizes and analyses the literature surrounding hearing loss (HL), hearing aid (HA) use, and cognition. While the literature investigating human cognition shows a clear relationship between HL and dementia ... -
“HE WHO IS RELUCTANT TO RECOGNIZE ME OPPOSES ME”: SELF-DETERMINATION, RECOGNITION, AND REVOLUTION BETWEEN THE BLACK UNITED FRONT AND THE CANADIAN STATE
(2023-07-19)On November 30th, 1968, over 400 Black Nova Scotians met at a North-End Halifax library to discuss the creation of a self-deterministic, activist organization called the Black United Front (BUF). Between 1969-1996 the Black ...