Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Document Clustering with Dual Supervision
(2012-07-06)Nowadays, academic researchers maintain a personal library of papers, which they would like to organize based on their needs, e.g., research, projects, or courseware. Clustering techniques are often employed to achieve ... -
DOES A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PORTFOLIO OUTPERFORM A CONVENTIONAL PORTFOLIO? (THE CASE OF THE JANTZI SOCIAL INDEX)
(2017-04-04)Socially responsible investment (SRI) takes financial return as well as environmental, social, and governance issues into consideration. Although SRI is becoming popular, a controversy exists among investors regarding its ... -
Does an aerobic exercise induced alteration in blood lactate concentration effect brain excitability?
(2023-12-09)Aerobic exercise (AE) is thought to increase corticospinal excitability (CSE), creating an optimal environment for motor learning to occur. During AE, metabolic by-products, including lactate, accumulate in the blood. ... -
Does Children’s Physical Literacy Mediate the Relationship Between Age and Sedentary Behaviour?
(2018-04-06)Sedentary behaviour (SB), refers to any waking behaviour that requires little to no energy expenditure. As children age, SBs are shown to increase, which can be linked to negative health outcomes (i.e. obesity). Although ... -
Does Continuity of Community Pharmacy Care Influence Adherence to Statins
(2013-12-18)Background: Improving adherence to medication is a persistent challenge within the health system. Adherence is influenced by many factors at the patient, provider, treatment and health system levels. Adherence may also be ... -
Does Democracy Die in Darkness? An Examination of the Relationship between Local Newspaper Health and Municipal Politics
(2020-08-28)Voter turnout, a key marker of democratic health, varies significantly between Canadian municipalities (Breux, Couture & Koop, 2017; Nakhaie, 2006). Few studies have examined municipal turnout in Canada, but those that ... -
Does development work for women, or do women work for development? Making sense of the language and logic of women's empowerment and gender equality programs at UNDP Zimbabwe
(2014-12-11)This thesis examines the internal factors that influence the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s approach to women’s empowerment and gender equality. Applying methods of content analysis and participant observation, ... -
Does Exposure to Simulated Microgravity Affect Cranial Neural Crest-Derived Tissues in Danio rerio?
(2011-09-06)To determine whether exposure to simulated microgravity (SMG) affects cranial neural crest (CNC)-derived tissues, zebrafish embryos were exposed to SMG starting at one of three developmental stages corresponding to CNC ... -
"Does Not Fempute": A Critique Of Liberal And Radical Feminism In Three Novels By Ursula K. Le Guin
(2013-08-22)Ursula K. Le Guin is often called a feminist science fiction author. Drawing on such theorists as bell hooks and R. W. Connell, I analyze three novels by Le Guin from a social constructivist feminist perspective. I discuss ... -
Does Occlusion Therapy Improve Control in Non-Diplopic Patients with Intermittent Exotropia?
(2011-12-14)The aim of this pilot study is to evaluate the effectiveness of occlusion therapy in the control of intermittent exotropia (IXT) in children between 4 and 10 years in Saudi Arabia. A clinical, prospective cohort pilot study ... -
Does Quantum Mechanics Establish the Final Failure of Causality?
(2017-05-03)In the wake of relativistic field theories in physics, all of our most fundamental physical theories shared three properties regarding the way that they described the world. First, properties of objects were always determined. ... -
DOES RUDENESS REDUCE CREATIVITY? EXAMINING THE ROLE OF APPRAISAL AND RUMINATION FOLLOWING INCIVILITY AT WORK
(2023-04-24)The current study examines how rude customers might deplete the creativity of service workers by investigating the roles of negative appraisal and rumination following customer incivility. Simultaneously, we also examine ... -
Dogbane Beetle (Chrysochus auratus Fab.) as a Biological Control Agent of Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium L.)
(2012-10-30)Dogbane beetle, Chrysochus auratus, was studied for its biological control potential against spreading dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium, a native perennial weed in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium). No-choice ... -
Dolos and dike in Sophokles' "Elektra".
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DOMINATION POLYNOMIALS: A BRIEF SURVEY AND ANALYSIS
(2017-08-18)A dominating set S of a graph G of order n is a subset of the vertices of G such that every vertex is either in S or adjacent to a vertex of S. The domination polynomial of G, denoted D(G, x), is the generating polynomial ... -
“Don’t Throw Glitter on our Carpet”: Cultivating Queer Safe Space(s) in Halifax
(2020-04-14)This project examines 2SLGBTQ+ safe spaces in Halifax to understand the experiences people have in these spaces and the cultivation work involved in maintaining them. Informed by queer and intersectional theories, the ... -
Dosimetric effects of prostate calcifications in high-dose rate brachytherapy calculations
(2017-09-01)ABSTRACT Purpose: At the Nova Scotia Cancer Center (NSCC), high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy using 192Ir is often used as a single-fraction dose boost for intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer patients prior to ... -
Double-diffusive interleaving in baroclinic ocean fronts.
(Dalhousie University, 2000) -
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION: A New Civic Square in Windsor, Nova Scotia
(2011-12-21)Urban sprawl with the advent of automobile commuting has led to the loss of a “sense of place” and the decline of informal public gathering in the urban core of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Building an integrated sense of community ...