Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Home in the Urban Void: the Changing Role of Obsolete Institutional Buildings
(2024-07-17)This thesis examines the changing role of obsolete institutional buildings and the urgent need for affordable housing in Halifax, Nova Scotia. An argument is presented for the adaptive reuse of abandoned buildings in efforts ... -
Home is Where the Hearth is: Recognizing and Building Identity in an Urban Residential Area
(2015)This thesis report explores the relationships between the built environment, the social fabric of a neighbourhood, and a sense of belonging to a community. The fabric of a neighbourhood community is shaped by the ... -
A Home Within the City : Transitional Housing for Homeless Individuals in Toronto
(2009-07)This thesis explores the idea of home for the homeless individual who has made the decision to seek assistance for issues of addiction or mental illness and wants to transition to permanent housing in the future through ... -
Homeless Bound: A Search for Digital Literacy within the Realm of Social Media
(2012-08-24)Social media usage trends within the homeless community are not well documented. To date, few studies have examined how the poor navigate and/or build relationships in online environments, and whether these activities ... -
Homogeneous Integer-Valued Polynomials of Three Variables
(2018-06-15)A polynomial f in Q[x,y,z] is integer-valued if f(x,y,z)is an integer, whenever x, y, z are integers. This work will look at the case where f is homogeneous and construct polynomials such that the denominators are divisible ... -
Homolytic and heterolytic energies of alkyl-X bonds and ionization potentials of alkyl radicals, alkanes and haloalkanes.
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HOOKED ON FOOD WASTE: CHARACTERIZING POST-PRODUCTION SEAFOOD LOSSES AND THEIR LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS ALONG VARIOUS SEAFOOD SUPPLY CHAINS
(2019-09-06)Food waste is an increasingly important phenomenon in public and academic discourse. In my thesis, I set out to explore this topic by reviewing published literature examining the efficacy of food waste reduction in ... -
Hopeless Poetics in Ecological Poetry
(2013-08-26)In this thesis I theorize hopelessness in contemporary Canadian ecological poetry in contrast to capitalist ideology and activist discourse. Drawing on Tim Lilburn’s work, I identify two varieties of hopelessness: despair ... -
HORMONAL REGULATION OF CARBOXYPEPTIDASE-D GENE TRANSCRIPTION IN BREAST CANCER CELLS
(2015-04-28)Carboxypeptidase-D (CPD), bound to the plasma membrane, cleaves C-terminal arginine from extracellular substrates. Arginine is converted to nitric oxide (NO), which can promote tumour progression. We have previously ... -
The Horrors of Capital: Violence and Commodities in Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories
(2023-08-28)This paper analyzes four of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, "Berenice," "The Tell Tale Heart," "The Black Cat" and "The Imp of the Perverse," in which a first-person narrator commits acts of violence against others. The ... -
Hospitality or Hostility? The Detention of Irregular Arrivals and Asylum-seekers in Canada as explained by the Hostile Environment Framework
(2022-08-19)Between April 2019 and March 2020, Canada detained 8,825 immigrants. This evidence runs contrary to the image of Canada as a migration haven. In the context of rising anti-immigrant policies in the Global North, Canada has ... -
HOST FACTOR REGULATION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS REPLICATION IN RODENT CELLS
(2010-12-20)Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a serious global health problem with an estimate of 170 million carriers worldwide. Most individuals exposed to this blood-borne pathogen develop chronic infection, which may result in severe ... -
Host immunomodulation by Lepeophtheirus salmonis.
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HOT DEFORMATION OF ALUMINUM-COPPER-MAGNESIUM POWDER METALLURGY ALLOYS
(2011-01-06)The implementation of technologies such as aluminum powder metallurgy (P/M) can be used in the automobile industry to have potential economic and environmental advantages. This technology to produce vehicle components can ... -
Hotel of Last Resort: Enhancing User Agency in Harm Reduction Architecture
(2020-09-01)Homeless individuals who use drugs represent some of the most vulnerable and marginalized among society. In the context of a national opioid epidemic in Canada, harm reduction strategies, which reduce the adverse consequences ... -
Housing and Addiction: Designing for the 'Hard to House' in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
(2012-04-04)The Downtown Eastside of Vancouver is one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods and one of Canada’s poorest. Once home to city hall and a bustling entertainment district, this neighbourhood has slowly been overtaken by an ... -
Housing as a Determinant of Health for Young Mothers in Rural Nova Scotia
(2015)Housing is a fundamental human right. In Nova Scotia, affordable housing options are very limited, particularly in rural areas. Therefore, many Nova Scotians are not accessing acceptable housing. This has negative health ... -
Housing Relief Through Adaptable Living
(2023-04-14)Housing serves the fundamental human need for shelter. As family structures fluctuate, the living space changes. Instead of the need for multiple dwellings, having a living space that accommodates each life stage in the ... -
How Binocular Visual Performance Is Changed When One Eye Has Lower Vision: Characterization Of Inhibitory Binocular Interactions
(2013-12-16)Purpose: To explore new methodologies to quantify binocular interactions and shed light on their possible neural generators. Methods: Binocular inhibition (BI) was experimentally produced in 40 visually healthy subjects ...