Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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A Change Can Do You Good? The Adaptability of Three Forest Birds to the Moose-browsed Grassland of Cape Breton Highlands National Park
(2018-08-31)Bird Studies Canada (BSC) found that Blue-headed Vireo (BHVI) (Vireo solitarius), Yellow-bellied (YBFL) (Empidonax flaviventris), and Black-and-white Warbler (BAWW) (Mniotilta varia) showed no preference for forest amongst ... -
Change Detection of Sea Floor Environment Using Side Scan Sonar Data For Online Simultaneous Localization and Mapping on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
(2016-08-30)Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are frequently used to survey sea-floor environments using side-scan sonar technology. A simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm can be used with side-scan sonar data ... -
Change Front: The Architecture of Canadian Military Dwelling
(2016-04-08)[ Change Front, to shift a military force in another direction ] This thesis investigates the advancement of military dwelling in the Canadian Armed Forces, focusing on the traditional Army base. It proposes a forward ... -
CHANGES IN COCHLEAR FUNCTION AND SYNAPTIC PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN NOISE INDUCED COCHLEAR SYNAPTOPATHY
(2018-02-16)As people age, the ability to understand fast speech and discern conversation in background noise becomes more difficult, despite normal audiological testing results. Perceptual difficulties in subjects with normal audiometric ... -
Changes in growth and abundance of seagrasses in Barbados, West Indies.
(Dalhousie University, 2000) -
CHANGES IN VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE (VIP) AMOUNT IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS
(2020-12-18)Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common lethal genetic disease in Caucasians, which results from mutations in the CFTR gene. Cystic Fibrosis - Related Diabetes (CFRD) affects more than 50% of adults with CF. The complex ... -
Changes in Visual-spatial Cognition when Adults Learn American Sign Language and How Pre-existing Visual-spatial Cognition Predict Success in Learning
(2016-08-30)Visual space has unique importance in signed languages because, unlike spoken language, signed languages use space to encode multiple linguistic features. For example, space is used for grammar, where spatial locations, ... -
CHANGES TO THE ELECTROLYTE IN AGED LI-ION CELLS
(2018-08-15)Electrolyte composition is crucial to the lifetime, cycling capability and safety of Li-ion cells. Many studies have measured electrolyte changes after formation or during the first few charge and discharge cycles, while ... -
Changing contracts: The impact of lender environmental liability on secured debt, corporate financing and public policy.
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
Changing Paradigms: A Community Study of Socio-agricultural Transition in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia
(2011-06-21)This research examined changes in culture and agriculture in the rural community of Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, with a specific interest in understanding and contextualizing (re)localization initiatives. The study employed ... -
Changing Political and Cultural Realms in the Upper Great Lakes, 1826: a Case-study of the Influential “Oode” (or family) of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
(2016-09-02)This thesis explores the homestead and social life of the Jane Johnston Schoolcraft's family circle in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan throughout 1826. This metis family was both ordinary and exceptional. Like the French Métis ... -
The changing role of fins in growing loliginid squid (Mollusca; Cephalopoda).
(Dalhousie University, 1995) -
CHANGING TACTICS: REHABILITATING CANADIAN JUSTICE FOR TRAUMATIZED VETERANS
(2012-08-24)This thesis examines how military members and veterans with Operational Stress Injuries are treated by Canadian justice systems. It suggests a correlation between mental injuries sustained on operations by military personnel ... -
CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION ACQUISITION FOR ADAPTIVE UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC NETWORKING
(2022-10-19)This dissertation investigates the design aspects of an adaptive cross-layer architecture to optimize the energy efficiency, the spectral efficiency, and the reliability of underwater acoustic multihop relaying networks ... -
Character witnesses: Credibility and testimony in the eighteenth-century English novel.
(Dalhousie University, 2004) -
Characterisation of Travel Behaviour and Accessibility in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
(2015-01-28)Car-dependent travel has posed economic, environmental, and social concerns worldwide. Existing transportation policy promotes a shift toward sustainable transportation through enhancing transit and active transportation ... -
CHARACTERISING THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF POST-TRAUMATIC OSTEOARTHRITIS IN RATS AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF PROTEASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-4
(2021-03-18)Osteoarthritis (OA) affects 1 in 10 Canadians and is more prevalent in women than men. Remarkably, 60% of OA patients cite inadequate pain relief with current treatments. This may in part be due to multiple OA phenotypes ... -
CHARACTERIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE M2 MELANOPSIN RETINAL GANGLION CELL IN THE CLM-1 TRANSGENIC MOUSE RETINA
(2012-09-06)Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) undergo continued maturation after birth. RGC development can be influenced by light, but for most RGCs this requires the development of functional retinal circuits that occurs up to 2 weeks ...