Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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The Alcohol Paradox: Consumption, Regulation, and Public Houses in Three Maritime Colonies of Northeastern British America, 1749-1830
(2015)Despite the prominent role of alcohol in the culture of Atlantic Canada, we know remarkably little about the rise of rum and other alcoholic beverages prior to the rise of the temperance movement in the nineteenth century. ... -
Algebraic and Logical Methods in Quantum Computation
(2015)This thesis contains contributions to the theory of quantum computation. We first define a new method to efficiently approximate special unitary operators. Specifically, given a special unitary U and a precision ε > ... -
Algebraic Properties of Monomial Ideals
(2015)In this thesis we first study a special class of squarefree monomial ideals, namely, path ideals. We give a formula to compute all graded Betti numbers of the path ideal of a cycle and a path. As a consequence we can give ... -
Alignment and Contradiction in Social Justice Non-Profit Work
(2021-08-13)This thesis investigates social justice non-profit employees' experiences of alignment and contradiction in their work. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 20 people who work for non-profits with a social justice ... -
The Aliment of Anxiety: Nutritional Advice Pertaining to Sugar in Post-WWII Canada
(2014-08-25)This thesis traces changes in dietary recommendations regarding sugar from WWII to the 1970s, considering the ways advice was shaped, disseminated, and digested as it related to three competing but interconnected factors: ... -
All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter: Plainness and Eloquence in Jonson, Donne, and Herbert
(2011-09-06)This thesis traces a stylistic development from the dichotomy of plainness and eloquence in Elizabethan style, through the stylistic innovations of Ben Jonson and John Donne to the ultimate synthesis of the two styles ... -
“ALL THE POWER TO THEM”: EXPLORING PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF INTIMACY AND SEXUALITY AMONG OLDER LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS
(2016-08-30)The present study explored the lived realities of LTC residents to gain a better understanding of their intimate and sexual needs. A qualitative descriptive approach gave voice to the experiences of ten residents in a LTC ... -
All The Way Down, This Time: Urban Agriculture and Food Justice in Detroit
(2021-07-21)The redevelopment of Detroit as a colonial wasteland naturalizes the present and denies the racial capitalism that reproduces the crisis in an overwhelmingly black urban environment. The denial of local community ... -
All-standard-cell voltage controlled oscillator-based analog to digital converters with digital background calibrations
(2017-09-15)An all-digital voltage controlled oscillator based analog to digital converter (VCO-based ADC) with digital background calibration is proposed in this thesis. The all-digital structure simplifies implementation procedure ... -
ALL-TRANS RETINOIC ACID AND ARSENIC TRIOXIDE INDUCE LASTING DIFFERENTIATION AND DEMETHYLATION OF TARGET GENES IN ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
(2019-11-28)Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) patients treated with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) experience relapse, while patients treated with ATRA and arsenic trioxide (ATO) are often relapse-free. To understand combination ... -
An Allegory of Value: American Literature within Neoliberalism
(2020-09-11)This thesis offers an allegorical reading of contemporary American literature’s critical response to neoliberalism’s reshaping of cultural and social value. Focusing on four literary recipients of the MacArthur Foundation ... -
Allocation of Fishing Opportunities in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations: A Legal Analysis in the Light of Equity
(2010-09-10)The allocation of fishing opportunities is one of the most difficult challenges for high seas fisheries management. There is an ongoing search for equitable and transparent allocation frameworks. This thesis explores ... -
Allosteric Interactions Between the Type 1 (CB1) and Type 2 (CB2) Cannabinoid Receptors Modify β-Arrestin2 Recruitment
(2021-08-05)Type 1 (CB1) and Type 2 (CB2) Cannabinoid receptors form heteromers with unique pharmacology compared to CB1 or CB2 alone. We wanted to determine if the Tango β- arrestin2 luc reporter assay could measure heteromer-dependant ... -
ALLOSTERIC INTERACTIONS WITHIN CANNABINOID RECEPTOR 1 (CB1) AND DOPAMINE RECEPTOR 2 LONG (D2L) HETEROMERS
(2017-08-23)receptors mediating a vast array of functions in eukaryotes. GPCRs have more complex signaling than originally envisioned due to the fact that GPCRs can associate to form homomeric complexes or associate with other GPCRs ... -
Alloy Anode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries
(2014-07-25)Sodium-ion batteries could one day be an inexpensive alternative to lithium-ion batteries. Many challenges need to be overcome before commercialization of a sodium-ion battery can take place. One of these challenges is the ... -
Alluvial sedimentology and basin analysis of carboniferous strata near Joggins, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada.
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Along-trench segmentation and down-dip limit of the seismogenic zone at the eastern Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone
(2019-03-05)The largest and most destructive earthquakes nucleate on the seismogenic parts of megathrust faults along subduction zones. Understanding the controls of rupture propagation in along-trench and dip direction is a key factor ... -
ALTERATION OF MICRORNA EXPRESSION FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AT THE TRANSCRIPTOME LEVEL
(2022-09-28)Spinal cord injury (SCI) imparts permanent neurological deficits and devastates many patients’ lives. The current management is not curative but focuses on blood pressure optimization, spinal cord (SC) decompression, spinal ...
