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Effect of Maxillomandibular Advancement Surgery on Blood Pressure in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Pilot Study
(2013-03-22)
There is evidence that non-surgical treatment of OSA improves blood pressure (BP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The objective of this study is to determine the effect of maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) ...
THERMAL STUDY OF A TRIGLYCERIDE MIXTURE
(2011-09-06)
The heat capacity and the enthalpy of crystallization of the crystalline phases at the end of cooling must be known in order to determine the excess energy of mixing two pure triglycerides, trilaurin and trimyristin, cooled ...
DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID IN SITU TRANSESTERIFICATION METHOD FOR FATTY ACID ANALYSIS IN MICROALGAE
(2012-04-27)
The FAME yield from microalgae of two in situ transesterification methods were compared to a typical Folch et al. (1957) extraction followed by transesterification using the Hilditch et al. (1964) procedure. A method based ...
Compact Living: Rethinking Calgary's Laneways
(2012-09-21)
Through architectural design, this investigation explores a strategy for defining the back alley as a new place of community and dwelling. The study considers ideas to design living spaces that offer amenities in a compact ...
Theatre as a Ritual Place: Redefining the Theatre as a House of Storytelling
(2011-09-09)
This project presents the design of a theatre. The theatre site is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia and will serve as the home for the Legacy Centre for the Performing arts.
A selection of theatre spaces and ritual spaces, ...
Experimental Evaluation of the Bond Dependent Coefficient and Parameters which Influence Crack Width in GFRP Reinforced Concrete
(2013-04-04)
Reinforcement of concrete flexural components has been traditionally provided by steel rebar; however, durability concerns and life maintenance costs of this product have powered the emergence of fibre reinforced polymers ...
Integrating Protocol-driven Decision Support within E-Referral System: Supporting Primary Care Practitioners for Spinal Care Consultation and Triaging
(2014-04-29)
Referrals to the Halifax Infirmary Neurosurgery Department are submitted with regards to spinal conditions with different degrees of complications. Although there exists a Spinal Condition Consultation Protocol to standardize ...
The Relationship between Traditional Cultural Engagement and Health: Data from Miawpukek First Nations Regional Health Survey
(2014-12-17)
Background: It is widely accepted that culture is an important determinant of health. However, the impact that cultural engagement has on health outcomes among First Nations peoples is not well understood. Purpose: This ...
ON THE UTILITY OF EVOLVING FOREX MARKET TRADING AGENTS WITH CRITERIA BASED RETRAINING
(2013-03-27)
This research investigates the ability of genetic programming to build profitable trad- ing strategies for the Foreign Exchange Market (FX) of one major currency pair (EURUSD) using one hour prices from July 1, 2009 to ...
STOCHASTIC ADC WITH RANDOM U-QUADRATIC DISTRIBUTED REFERENCE VOLTAGES TO UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTE COMPARATORS TRIP POINTS
(2013-05-02)
This thesis presents a new architecture of stochastic Analog-to-Digital converter (ADC). A standard Stochastic ADC uses comparator random offset as the trip point while all the comparators have the same reference voltages. ...