Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Cost-effectiveness of Alternative NICU Designs
(2020-09-01)The design of the physical space of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has been proposed as a target for intervention to improve neonatal outcomes. Most NICUs are currently designed so that infants are cared for in a ... -
COUGAR: A System for Clustering Unknown Malware Using Genetic Algorithm Routines
(2020-12-08)Malicious software is a persistent threat across our digital platforms. With unending malware growth, and increasingly higher profile attacks, organizations across the world are ramping up their cyber defence capabili ... -
Counter-Monument: Transformation of An Industrial Structure in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2019-08-16)Industry plays a crucial role and partially constructs the identities of Halifax as a port city in Nova Scotia. The industrial facilities in Halifax possess qualities that help frame the city’s identity. Halifax’s south ... -
COUNTERSTORYTELLING: INTERSECTIONS OF RACE AND AMERICAN LAW IN DERRICK BELL'S SCIENCE FICTION
(2013-08-26)Recently, a division of legal scholarship, Critical Race Theory, began examining the law from a new perspective: creative literature. Within the legal community, CRT legal storytelling has received mixed reception; yet ... -
Counting All the Imaginary Fish and More
(2023-12-05)Avoiding overexploitation of marine resources requires being able to accurately estimate the size and health of a population. This thesis presents methods that improve upon existing fisheries stock assessment methods. ... -
Country-rock contamination and assimilation in the South Mountain Batholith.
(Dalhousie University, 2007) -
Coupled Water Balance and Groundwater Model to Assess the Influence of Low Impact Development Stormwater Strategies on Groundwater Recharge.
(2017-02-07)Low impact development has been adopted as a sustainable way of managing stormwater in urbanized catchments. While the effect of LID features on surface water and stream health has been investigated in recent studies, ... -
Coupling Information Transmission with an Approximate Message Passing Receiver
(2016-08-22)Spatial graph coupling has been immensely successful in the field of error correcting codes. Motivated by this success the coupling approach has been implemented for more general communication formats, including multiple-access ... -
The Court of Beast and Bough: Contesting the Medieval English Forest in the Early Robin Hood Ballads
(2011-09-06)After King William created the New Forest in the twelfth century, the English monarchy sought to define the vert, both legally and ideologically, as a site in which the king’s rights were vigorously enforced. In the romance ... -
CRC Aided Dynamic List SCL Decoder for Polar and PAC Codes
(2023-08-15)Error-correction codes are indispensable to ensure reliable data transmission in various communication systems. Among these, Polar codes and PAC (Polarized Adjustable Convolutional) codes have gained significant attention ... -
Creating sustainable democracy? Canadian policy in the Visegrad countries in the post-Cold War period.
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
Creation and evaluation of a web-based learning and discussion tool for elementary school teachers of students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Nova Scotia
(2010-08-24)ADHD is one of the most common childhood psychiatric disorders, with symptoms that are frequently displayed in the school environment. Past studies have measured teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours towards ADHD, ... -
Cries of the sea: World inequality, sustainable development and the Common Heritage of Humanity.
(Dalhousie University, 1996) -
A critical analysis of the construction of the new essential worker through the discursive practices of the Canadian news media during COVID-19: Implications for occupational rights
(2022-04-14)The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent government responses resulted in a shift in the identity of the essential worker that now included low wage essential workers. Using a critical discourse analysis methodology written ... -
Critical behaviour of gadolinium.
(Dalhousie University, 1992) -
Critical Care: Farming and Building as if the Earth Mattered
(2021-07-09)Such is the critical condition of our earth that reuniting building and farming is an urgently needed form of care for planetary well-being and survival. Lessons from utopias, communes, and nature are used in this thesis ... -
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Seasonal Agricultural Workers within the Context of Agricultural Issues
(2022-08-26)The aim of the research is to understand the role of the government in producing or reproducing inequalities faced by seasonal agricultural workers in Canada by applying critical discourse analysis to government news ... -
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL: A FRAMEWORK OF DYNAMIC MICROSIMULATION MODELLING FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT
(2016-08-29)This thesis develops a dynamic microsimulation modelling framework for traffic impact assessment during the renewal of a critical infrastructure in Halifax transportation network. The complexity of the construction project ...
