Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Blurring Boundaries: Waste as a Vehicle for a Social Metamorphosis
(2013-08-08)In 2001, Argentina suffered an economic collapse that almost wiped out the middle-class, leaving thousands homeless. This resulted in the growth of the informal settlements and informal sectors of employment in and around ... -
The Bochner Integral and an Application to Singular Integrals
(2014-04-01)In this expository thesis we describe the Bochner integral for functions taking values in a separable Banach space, and we describe how a number of standard definitions and results in real analysis can be extended for these ... -
Body Image and Physical Activity in People Living with Heart Disease
(2010-09-02)Context: Little is known about body image and its relationship with physical activity (PA) among people living with heart disease. Purpose: To determine the prevalence and stability of body image issues over time in heart ... -
The Body is His Book: John Donne’s Sacramental Poetics
(2018-08-31)This thesis explores the spiritual arc of John Donne’s early lyric poetry through the lens of the Protestant Reformation. Drawing on the work of Max Weber, I situate Donne in a post-Reformed cultural environment with which ... -
Body, House, Landscape: Re-Constructing Memory in Post-Resettled Newfoundland
(2021-04-09)Body, House, Landscape: Re-Constructing Memory in Post-Resettled Newfoundland investigates collective memory in rural Newfoundland and the act of the Newfoundland Resettlement Program. The Newfoundland Resettlement, a ... -
Body-surface potential mapping: Classification of spatial features associated with an arrhythmogenic state.
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BOETHIUS THE DEMIURGE: TIMAEAN DOUBLE-CIRCLE SPIRAL STRUCTURE IN THE CONSOLATIO
(2020-04-29)The aim of this thesis is to relate the content and form of the central poem (IIIM9) of Boethius' Consolatio to the narrative structure and philosophical movement of the work as a whole. A line-by-line metrical analysis ... -
BONE STATUS IN YOUNG WOMEN LIVING IN NOVA SCOTIA: SECONDARY ANALYSIS USING QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND DATA
(2022-12-15)Background: Low bone mass in young women is associated with a higher risk of developing osteoporosis and osteoporosis-related fractures in later life. Objective: This secondary data analysis aimed to assess the relationship ... -
Bonum non est in deo: On the Indistinction of the One and the Exclusion of the Good in Meister Eckhart
(2012-08-22)Meister Eckhart exhibits an unprecedented confidence in the transcendental way of thought in medieval philosophy. Eckhart, unlike his predecessors, identifies being as such (ens commune) and God, allowing the most primary ... -
The Books Were Re[a]d: A Dialogic Approach to the Censorship and Social History of The Grapes of Wrath and Doctor Zhivago
(2012-04-11)Mikhail Bakhtin’s philosophical thought is largely focused on the interconnectivity of human discourse, privileging literary genres (i.e. the novel). Language comprises of both the structural components of linguistics and ... -
Bootstrap estimation of controller performance indices and detection of model mismatch.
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Border as Refuge: Inhabiting the Liminal
(2020-08-25)Canada is facing unprecedented rates of irregular asylum claims at the U.S. border. The majority of migrants crossing irregularly travel from New York City to Roxham Road, QC. Similar to the Underground Railroad, the thesis ... -
Border Infrastructure: Translating the Structure of the In-Between
(2011-04-08)Within the European Union, policies promoting integration and transnationalization have raised questions about the nature of borders and boundaries. With these shifts in conception emerge an opportunity to re-imagine how ... -
BORDER TRANSGRESSIONS AS A FORM OF SURVIVAL FOR THE DOWNTRODDEN ZIMBABWEANS: THE CASE OF BEITBRIDGE BORDER POST, 2000 – 2020
(2020-12-15)The economic meltdown in Zimbabwe forced many people to engage in informal livelihood pursuits. This thesis documents the dynamics of informal cross-border trade and extends a justified contextualisation of this phenomenon ... -
Born Soldiers Who March Under the Rising Sun: The Russo-Japanese War, Britain’s Military Observers, and British Impressions Regarding Japanese Martial Capabilities Prior to the First World War
(2017-12-15)This thesis explores how Japan’s military triumphs during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-’05 influenced British opinions regarding the ability of the Japanese military as well as the decision to strengthen the military ... -
BOUNDARIES OF THE CRYSTAL MEMORY EFFECT IN SATURATED TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
(2016-08-30)One factor that determines the crystalline phases formed from liquid triacylglycerols is the “crystal memory”: fats that re-crystallize from a liquid obtained by melting a crystal may form the same crystal structure that ... -
Boundary infostructures for chronic disease.
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BOW VALLEY CENTRE FOR MUSIC
(2010-12-17)This thesis focuses on the development of a multi-disciplinary music centre for the town of Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Music plays a prominent role within the culture of Canmore. This project will not only offer several ... -
BRAIN CONNECTIVITY AND FAMILIAL RISK FOR MAJOR MOOD DISORDERS
(2023-07-06)Mood disorders are associated with differential connectivity in the default mode network (DMN). It is not clear whether these differing DMN connectivity precedes illness onset. We investigated DMN connectivity in 126 ... -
Brain Correlates of Vulnerability to Severe Mental Illness
(2020-10-07)Severe mental illness (SMI) refers to major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The early onset and prolonged course make SMI a leading cause of disability in the population. There is a growing need ...