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Alternative Reality: The Monument, the Megastructure and the Luxury Hotel
(2015-04-22)
This thesis inherits the infrastructure of Lower Manhattan’s Exit 2, where the Brooklyn Bridge and elevated FDR highway intersect. A recent proposal for a nearby ultra-exclusive luxury hotel is controversial. The site faces ...
Exploring the Structures and Processes Needed to Support the Development of Collaboration Amongst Public Health Nurses, Family Practice Nurses, and Nurse Practitioners who Work in Breastfeeding Support and Promotion
(2011-12-21)
Community health nurses, like all other health professionals, are being called to develop new clinical practices based on collaboration and are faced with the demands of working both interprofessionally and interorganizationally ...
Managing Criminal Women in Scotland: An Assessment of the Scarcity of Female Offenders in the Records of the High Court of Justiciary, 1524-1542
(2014-08-19)
The records of Scotland’s High Court of Justiciary that run from 1524 to 1542 contain a remarkably low number of women charged with felonies and pleas of the crown, and reveal the justiciar’s reluctance to convict or execute ...
Assessment of the Viability of a Natural Urban Wetland in the Treatment of Stormwater
(2013-08-13)
Stormwater runoff generated from urban areas can be a source of contamination and may
negatively impact receiving waters. Best management practices, including the use of treatment
wetlands, are recommended to minimize ...
Stochastic model for surface diffusion of organic molecules
(2015-03-27)
A theoretical model for the diffusion of large molecules adsorbed on surfaces is developed. Starting from the classical equations of motion, a generalized non-Markovian Langevin equation for the center of mass diffusive ...
Effects of Errors in the Hamiltonian Programming Process of Adiabatic Quantum Computing
(2014-08-21)
In order to measure the effects of the errors we measure of the likelihood an erroneous instance of a Hamiltonian shares the same ground state as the intended Hamiltonian (resilience). The effects of errors on the spectrum ...
A DYNAMIC SELECT SECTOR SPDRS ETFS PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION MODEL WITH REGIME-SWITCHING ECONOMIC INDICATORS
(2013-12-16)
This thesis studies a dynamic Select Sector SPDRs ETFs portfolio optimization problem. The objective of the optimization model is to maximize the risk-adjusted expected return of a portfolio similar to a logarithmic utility ...
Coordination chemistry of a phosphadiazonium Lewis acceptor.
(Dalhousie University, 2005)
Farmer perceptions of wetland ecosystem goods and services
(2014-12-11)
Wetlands provide services to humans through ecological functions including water filtration, flood prevention, freshwater provision etc. Farmers risk losing these essential services as a result of wetland drainage. Wetlands ...
THE DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHONATE-BASED INHIBITORS OF NUCLEOTIDYLYLTRANSFERASES
(2013-07-22)
Nucleotidylyltransferase inhibitors are designed to target enzymes responsible for one step of cell wall biosynthesis in Gram-positive, Gram-negative and mycobacteria. Glucose 1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase Cps2L/RmlA ...