Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Development of a Behaviour Change Intervention to Improve Sexual Health Service Use Among University Undergraduate Students
(2018-05-25)Introduction: University undergraduate students are within the highest risk population for acquiring sexually transmitted infections and other negative health outcomes. Effective prevention relies on regular condom use and ... -
Development of a Best Management Plan for Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium L.) in Wild Blueberry Fields
(2011-01-25)There is little information published on the phenology and biology of spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium L.), a perennial weed that is considered a serious problem in wild blueberry fields. There is no known ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A CHEMOKINE-LIKE RECEPTOR 1 BIOASSAY TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF OBESITY ON ACTIVE CHEMERIN PRODUCTION IN OBESE HUMANS
(2014-12-17)Prochemerin is an adipose-secreted molecule that is cleaved by extracellular proteases of the inflammatory, coagulation, and fibrinolytic cascades to active chemerin. Plasma and serum total chemerin (prochemerin + active ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A CLOUD-BASED IOT SYSTEM FOR LIVESTOCK HEALTH MONITORING USING AWS AND PYTHON
(2024-08-26)This study develops a cloud based IoT system for monitoring the health of livestock using Amazon Web Services and Python, addressing the increasing demands of digital agriculture. As the number of IoT devices in agriculture ... -
Development of a Computer Simulation Tool to Study the Attitude Determination and Control of CubeSats
(2020-12-15)This thesis documents the development and validation of a MATLAB/Simulink simulation tool for the Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) of the LORIS CubeSat in development at Dalhousie University for the Canadian ... -
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CT-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR RADIATION DOSIMETRY IN YTTRIUM-90 RADIOEMBOLIZATION
(2021-12-17)Transarterial radioembolization (TARE) is a radiation-based embolic therapy for the treatment of liver cancer. In TARE, yttrium-90 (90Y)-infused microspheres are administered via the hepatic arterial vasculature to facilitate ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF RESERVE CREW OPEN-TIME PAIRINGS
(2019-11-28)Crew costs constitute the largest direct operating cost after fuel costs for airlines. Even a small percentage of savings in crew costs is significant in monetary value. After initial schedules are published, changes in ... -
Development of a Dry Coupling Material for Ultrasonic Transcutaneous Energy Transfer
(2017-09-01)Ultrasonic transcutaneous energy transmission (UTET) is a novel technology with great potential for electrically powering active biomedical implants. To make UTET devices viable, a key piece of technology is required. A ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A GAME ENGINE-BASED TOOL FOR TRAFFIC MICROSIMULATION USING MOBILITY BEHAVIOURS
(2021-06-08)Gaming tools gained significant interest among transportation modellers for mobility analysis, visualization and scenario testing. Commercial simulation software programs were used for running traffic microsimulations for ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGHLY RESILIENT GRAPHENE NANOPLATELET RESIN/ADHESIVE
(2015-03-17)Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPs) are extensively utilized in many industries due to their remarkable mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and light-weight attributes. Notwithstanding, FRP laminates are ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND UTILIZATION MODEL FOR EMERGENCY PRACTICE
(2009-12-11)Knowledge is a critical element for the provision of quality health care. Optimal clinical decision making incorporates multiple types of knowledge including patient knowledge, clinical experiential knowledge and research ... -
Development of a Lab-Scale, Rechargeable, Aqueous Coin Cell and Methods for Measuring the Self-Discharge Rate of Zinc Electrodes
(2015)Zinc-air cells are promising as a cheap, safe and sustainable energy storage technology, but few publicly funded institutions currently research them. One reason for this is a lack of a simple, standardized cell design to ... -
Development of a Laser Scanning Measurement System for Battery Cell Characterization
(2023-12-09)A precise understanding of the physical properties of lithium-ion cells including cell thickness distribution and its connection with lifetime is important for cell improvement. A laser scanning instrument was developed ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE VISION BASED WEED (GOLDENROD) DETECTION SYSTEM FOR SPOT-APPLICATION OF HERBICIDES IN WILD BLUEBERRY CROPPING SYSTEM
(2017-08-24)Wild blueberry crop yields are dependent on heavy agrochemical applications to control weeds competing with crop. Goldenrod is a creeping herbaceous perennial weed that occurred in more than 90% of wild blueberry fields ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE VISION SYSTEM FOR STRAWBERRY POWDERY MILDEW DISEASE DETECTION
(2019-03-28)Strawberry powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca macularis) has been a devastating foliar disease of both nursery and fruit production strawberry crops causing significant yield loss up to 70%. Traditionally, visual observations ... -
Development of a machine vision system to estimate the physical attributes of potato tubers on-the-go at the post-harvest stage
(2023-08-08)This study presents a deep learning and image processing-based machine vision system for sampling and sizing full-size potato tubers on post-harvest conveyors. First, we present a method for sampling fully visible potato ... -
Development of a Mass Evacuation Decision Support Tool
(2021-04-29)This study presents a sequential modelling framework of a mass evacuation decision support (MEDS) tool and develops countermeasures to improve mass evacuation processes. The study develops a large-scale traffic evacuation ... -
Development of a MEMS Device for the Determination of Cell Mechanics
(2012-12-03)Cell mechanics are directly related to the biological functionality of a cell, and therefore have been extensively studied. Current understanding of the unique relationships associated with mechanical loading conditions ... -
Development of a Method for the Detection of Aleutian Mink Disease Virus in Water Samples
(2013-04-05)Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) causes significant loss to the mink industry in Nova Scotia (NS). Contaminated water is a speculated virus source therefore my objective was to develop a method for detection of AMDV in ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH BEER AGING
(2015-04-06)A method for the extraction, identification and quantification of eleven specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with off-flavours and off-odours in two different types of beers were developed. For this ...