Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION
(2012-10-15)The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of alternative cropping systems on farm net returns, and nitrate-N and sediment yields in Thomas Brook Watershed (TBW). The study involved integrated bio-physical ... -
Economic Analysis of the Catch-and-Retain Bluefin Tuna Charter Fishery in the Atlantic Canadian Gulf Region: An Exploratory Study
(2023-04-14)Growing interest among Bluefin Tuna (BFT) commercial fishers in increasing economic opportunities led to the introduction of a catch-and-retain charter fishery in Atlantic Canada’s Gulf Region in 2020. Unlike its ... -
Economic and Biophysical Implications of Alternative Street-tree Spacings in Halifax, Canada
(2017-12-14)Municipalities establish, maintain, and administer trees on the rights of way along streets. In spite of the many benefits trees provide, they are often planted far apart. The overall objective of this study was to explore ... -
Economic and Economic-Emission Operation of All-Thermal and Hydro-Thermal Power Generation Systems Using Bacterial Foraging Optimization
(2012-05-23)Electric power is a basic requirement for present day life and its various economic sectors. To satisfy the ever-increasing needs for electricity, the number of generating units, transmission lines and distribution systems ... -
Economic Burden of the Nova Scotia Mumps Outbreak
(2010-10-04)Infectious disease outbreaks can have a significant impact on healthcare resources and are disruptive to routine healthcare programs and services. There is very little literature on the economic burden of infectious disease ... -
Economic Determinants of Obesity in Canadian Adults
(2012-08-30)This paper examines how socioeconomic status and economic insecurity relate to obesity in working-age Canadians between 2000 and 2010. First, I attempt to explain the gender specific gradients in body mass. Second, I test ... -
ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF SEEDLING EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SEEDLING EMERGENCE MODELS (SEM) FOR CUT AND PEEL CARROTS (Daucus carota var Sativus L.)
(2013-08-12)Effect of soil moisture potential (?), temperature (T), genotype, seeding depth (SD) and rate (SR) on seedling emergence (SE), emergence velocity (EV), root yield and grades of cut and peel carrots were studied. SE was ... -
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.
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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 ...