Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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APPLICATIONS FOR ADVANCED OXIDATION OF DRINKING WATER USING UV LEDS
(2024-04-10)Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have received much attention in recent years as a new technology for drinking water treatment due to their ability to efficiently degrade natural organic matter (NOM). Ultraviolet ... -
Applications of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks to Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Baleen Whales
(2024-04-14)Research into automated detection and classification systems (DCS) of marine mammal vocalizations in acoustic recordings is expanding internationally due to the necessity to analyze large collections of data for conservation ... -
Applications of solid state NMR to the study of molecular structure.
(Dalhousie University, 1990) -
Applications of Wastewater Surveillance in a Small-Scale Wastewater System
(2023-08-29)Wastewater surveillance (WWS), the systematic collection of wastewater for analysis of chemicals, biomarkers and pathogens shed by humans, is a tool used to provide real-time information on the health and habits of a ... -
Applied Functional Data Classification
(2018-03-29)Picomole is a New Brunswick based company developing a lung cancer diagnosis system based on a person’s breath sample. Picomole conducted two different studies in an effort to ascertain whether their breath analysis ... -
AN APPLIED OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR FREIGHT DELIVERY IN A PHYSICAL INTERNET SUPPLY CHAIN
(2019-12-23)The Physical Internet (PI, or π) is a recent infrastructure in the supply chain, which allows transformation of the current logistics system into a universally interconnected system. It aims at tackling the issues of ... -
APPLYING A PV GRID-TIED SYSTEM IN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR WITH PAYBACK REDUCTION: A CASE STUDY IN K.S.A.
(2013-04-23)The key to creating clean energy is to use renewable energy sources. Saudi Arabia has an abundance of solar radiation due to its geographical location; therefore, solar energy applications provide excellent opportunities ... -
Applying Domain Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs To Augment Literature-Based Discovery: Discovering Gene-Disease Associations Between COVID-19, Diabetes Mellitus, And Chronic Kidney Disease
(2022-04-06)We present an automated knowledge synthesis and discovery framework to analyze published literature to identify and represent underlying mechanistic associations that aggravate chronic conditions due to COVID-19. Our ... -
Applying Geographic Information Systems to the Study of Honey Bee Diseases and Pests
(2020-06-11)The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is one of the most valuable pollinators in the global agriculture industry. However, recent years have seen a decrease in the worldwide honey bee population through colony collapse, ... -
Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Lithium-ion Cell Research
(2021-03-08)Progress in lithium-ion cells research is largely a matter of determining which aspect of the cell’s design and operation will lead to longer life, higher energy-density, and lower costs. These attributes can easily be ... -
Applying Operations Research to the Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation System
(2023-08-25)The Canadian best practice guidelines recommend stroke patients receive a minimum three hours of therapy per day in inpatient rehabilitation. However, few patients receive this because cost is considered a barrier. The ... -
Applying Speech Recognition and Language Processing Methods to Transcribe and Structure Physicians’ Audio Notes to a Standardized Clinical Report Format
(2020-03-10)Clinical documentation is an audio recording of the clinical encounter by the specialist which is subsequently manually transcribed to be added to the patient’s medical record. The current clinical documentation process ... -
APPLYING THE SDGS IN A FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS BLUE ECONOMY CAPACITY OF INDUSTRY OPERATORS IN CANADA
(2023-04-19)Canada has committed to growing a blue economy grounded in sustainability but has not yet established a sustainability standard that industry operations must meet to be included in the blue economy. For the blue economy ... -
Applying Theory-Driven Approaches To Predicting Pediatric Mental Health Clinician Behavior In The Utilization Of Evidence-Based Practice
(2010-09-09)Within pediatric mental health, of the only 25% of children with emotional and behavioral disorders that receive mental health services many receive treatments and interventions that are not based upon evidence. The question ... -
Approaches to Empire: Hydrographic Knowledge and British State Activity in Northeastern North America, 1711-1783
(2012-12-13)This dissertation studies the intersection of knowledge, culture, and power in contested coastal and estuarine space in eighteenth-century northeastern North America. It examines the interdependence of vernacular pilot ... -
Approximate equilibria in an economy with indivisible goods.
(Dalhousie University, 1976) -
The Approximate Variance of Correlation Measures of Linkage Disequilibrium
(2016-04-28)A delta method approximation is utilized to produce the variance formula of the correlation measure of Linkage Disequilibrium for four types of genetic data. These data types include gametic and genotypic counts, with ... -
Approximations for marginal densities of M-estimators.
(Dalhousie University, 1994) -
AQUACULTURE AND THE BENTHIC HABITAT: BAY-SCALE VARIABILITY IN RESPONSE TO ORGANIC LOADING AND NOVEL APPROACHES TO INFORM REGULATORY MONITORING PRACTICES
(2021-08-16)Frequent assessment and revision of environmental regulatory methods is necessary to promote a sustainable approach to ecosystem management. This thesis focused on benthic monitoring practices presently utilized by the ...
