Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Breeding value estimation and biodiversity considerations in forest genetics.
(Dalhousie University, 2006) -
Bridge as Anchor: Connecting Neighbourhoods, the City, and the Ravine in Toronto’s Rosedale Valley
(2018-07-31)Toronto is a city characterized by the rich dichotomy between its urban fabric and the natural environment which shaped the city. Ravines are a primary contributor of open space, and a source of social and urban infrastructure ... -
Bridging Isolation: Closing the Socio-spatial Gap in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad through Retroactive Infrastructure
(2024-04-11)The central business district in the original downtown core of Port-of-Spain (POS), Trinidad and Tobago, is experiencing the effects of urban decay, further exacerbated by spatial segregation between itself and the informal ... -
Bridging Landscapes: Connecting the City Through Productive Greenscapes
(2014-08-22)This thesis explores ideas of social and ecological sustainability that emphasize ethically-based design processes that enhance life without depleting resources. A strong inter-relationship between society and the environment ... -
Bridging the Cultural and Generational Divide: Revitalization of Historic Fabric in Shiraz
(2017-08-31)This thesis investigates architectural heritage as a source of urban revitalization. The project site is the historic Zand complex in Shiraz, which has symbolically and functionally been central to the structure and identity ... -
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN BASIC SCIENCE AND CLINICAL TRANSLATION: UNDERSTANDING THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MONOCYTES/MACROPHAGES AND INFLAMMATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY
(2018-04-03)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Work from our lab group and others has shown that monocytes/macrophages are key mediators in the inflammatory response involved in CVD and the development ... -
Bridging The Gap: A Healthier City Through Green Belts, Parks and Recreation
(2013-08-23)This thesis investigates the architectural role of green belts and recreational zones as one solution to urban sprawl, ultimately creating healthier, more livable cities. A list of concepts and guidelines will be derived ... -
Bridging the Gap: International Investment Law and Investor State Dispute Settlement Mechanism as a Catalyst for Economic Downturn and Human Rights Violations in Developing Countries
(2022-08-31)At the very core of international investment law (IIL) lies the protection of foreign investments which are often exhibited by clauses found in Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT’s) or investment chapters of Free Trade ... -
Bridging Worlds: Visible and Invisible Continuities in Architecture
(2020-04-14)Is architecture a bridge? The position taken in this thesis operates on the premise that architecture is not only a bridge but a construct of infinite bridges, real and imagined, the degree to which determines architecture's ... -
A Brief Exploration of Total Colouring
(2017-09-05)A total colouring of a graph is an assignment of colours to the edges and vertices such that adjacent objects receive different colours. In this thesis, we prove partial results towards the Total Colouring Conjecture which ... -
Britain and the politics of the establishment of universities in Africa, 1860-1948.
(Dalhousie University, 1993) -
British colonial labour policy and Lesotho 1870-1942.
(Dalhousie University, 1981) -
British Identity and the Antirevolutionary Novel: Nineteenth-Century British Novels about the French Revolution
(2012-12-04)Between Edmund Burke’s 1790 Reflections on the Revolution in France and Charles Dickens’s 1859 A Tale of Two Cities, a cluster of antirevolutionary British works depicting the French Revolution that bridges periodisation ... -
Broadcasting the Sentimental: Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Celebrity of Early Radio
(2015)This paper treats Edna St. Vincent Millay’s relationship with early radio, particularly the eight week segment she did for NBC in the winter of 1932-33. One of the most culturally ubiquitous and celebrated literary figures ... -
BROWN ALGAL GENES IMPART SALINITY AND HIGH TEMPERATURE STRESS TOLERANCE IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA
(2021-06-10)Plants are constantly exposed to unfavorable environmental conditions like salinity, temperature, and water stress, that negatively affects growth and development. The ability of plants to survive these environmental ... -
Bubble dispersion and coalescence in turbulent pipe flow.
(Dalhousie University, 2002) -
Buddhist Society of Wonderful Enlightenment Terrace: Observations on Functionalism
(2013-04-05)Louis Sullivan’s “form ever follows function” had a profound influence on architecture. Although often confused as synonymous with modernism, functionalism is more closely related to positivism in its bias toward science ... -
Building a Neighbourhood: Interpreting Montreal’s Plateau to Redefine Contemporary Mass Housing Typologies
(2013-04-09)After the industrial revolution, the increase in population of urban centres created a severe housing shortage. In North America there were two contrasting responses to house the masses, the urban tower and the garden city ... -
BUILDING AN ARC IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: APPLYING PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE TO IMPROVE SINGLE-SPECIES CONSERVATION PLANNING IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE
(2017-12-14)Habitat loss and fragmentation have precipitated a mass extinction. Therefore, maintaining a functionally connected habitat network is an effective response to biodiversity loss. However, climate change poses challenges ... -
Building Community in Sacred Space: A Method for Adaptive Reuse of Deconsecrated Catholic Churches in Millbank, New Brunswick
(2022-04-11)In an increasingly changeable and defamiliarized society, where attendance at religious services has decreased, many religious buildings are falling into disuse and disrepair. By using sacred qualities of architecture to ...