Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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THE INFLUENCE OF WEATHER AND ICE ON FERRY OPERATIONS: MODELLING PRESENT-DAY EFFECTS TO PREDICT FUTURE TRENDS
(2016-08-24)Ferry performance is influenced to a great degree by environmental factors. Adverse weather and ice conditions can severely restrict the ability to conduct operations in a safe, efficient, and financially viable manner. ... -
THE INFLUENCES OF QUATERNARY PROCESSES ON NATIVE FRESHWATER DIVERSITY IN PATAGONIA: MOLECULAR INSIGHTS FROM THE GALAXIID FISHES
(2011-06-15)Using GIS-based tools and a review of the relevant geological and climatic literature, I attempt to identify the key implications of Quaternary glacial cycles for drainage evolution in eastern Patagonia. In doing so, the ... -
Information Literacy in Nova Scotia: Systematic Mapping of Learning Outcomes
(2021-08-18)Information literacy has never been more important for the functioning of the democratic process, and for autonomy over one’s decisions. The Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) created a framework for ... -
INFORMATION PATHWAYS TO POLICY DEVELOPMENT: THE EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE IN PUBLIC HEALTH DECISION MAKING
(2013-08-27)Is public health policy based on scholarly evidence? With the manifold variables that policy makers must consider, is evidence-based policy even realistic? While strategies exist to translate research into policy, a need ... -
Information processing abilities and parent-infant interaction: Prediction of imitative ability in the first year.
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Infrared chemiluminescence form the reactions of atomic hydrogen, oxygen and active nitrogen with fluoroethylenes.
(Dalhousie University, 1976) -
An infrared spectroscopic study of water and ions in perfluorosulfonate membranes.
(Dalhousie University, 1984) -
Infrastructural Landscapes: Integrating Renewable Energy with Landscape and Community in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia
(2018-07-31)The Bay of Fundy is home to the highest tides in the world and among the strongest currents. The Minas Passage is a narrow body of water in the upper Bay of Fundy with a 13-metre tidal range and water speeds of 7-8 knots, ... -
Inhabiting Flow: Strategies for Tourist Oriented Architecture in Volatile Icelandic Landscapes
(2019-08-16)The volatile terrain in Iceland, a landscape of perpetual flux in the space of places, flows and time, demands building methods which are empathetic to its unwieldy behaviour. An inundation of tourists over the past decade ... -
Inhabiting Lost Space: Restoring the Urban Fabric with the Power of Nature
(2023-07-14)The urban landscape of Halifax’s Peninsula is constantly changing due to climate change and rapid urbanization, damaging the city and its infrastructure. The congestion of the city and degradation of the natural environment ... -
Inhabiting Manufactured Landscape: An Architectural Approach to Minnesota’s Post-Industrial Iron Range
(2020-08-26)Surface mining has created manufactured landscapes all over the world. While often viewed in a negative light as ‘scars on the land,’ they are a tangible imprint of humanity’s action on the landscape. Through the lens ... -
Inhabiting the Threshold: Housing and Public-Private Interface at Halifax’s St. Patrick’s-Alexandra School
(2014-04-04)A public-private interface is a dynamic threshold between the private residence and the public city. It can be critically examined in terms of social scales, defensibility and ownership of space. As cities densify, they ... -
Inhabiting Urban Landscapes: Reimagining Mono-Programmed Infrastructure as Accessible Public Space
(2023-07-21)Public areas in cities are often overtaken and underutilized by surrounding infrastructure, singularly programmed spaces, a lack of urban amenities, and pedestrian access throughout public zones. This thesis investigates ... -
AN INHERENTLY SAFER APPROACH FOR NONTRADITIONAL DUST EXPLOSION RISK REDUCTION
(2016-07-04)Dust explosions continue to occur in industrial processes that handle combustible powders. Considerable research is therefore conducted with the objectives of both preventing the occurrence and mitigating the consequences ... -
Inherently Safer Design Protocol for Process Hazard Analysis
(2020-04-14)Inherently safer design (ISD) is a component of industrial safety that focusses on the elimination and reduction of hazards using four principles – minimization, substitution, moderation and simplification. Process hazard ... -
Inhibition of Return for Endogenous Colour Cues
(2017-12-18)Inhibition of Return (IOR) is a phenomenon of attention where responses are slower toward a recently attended location, compared with novel locations. Recently, coloured signals have been used endogenously (MacInnes, Kruger ... -
Inhibition of Single and Mixed Species Biofilms Formed by Listeria monocytogenes and Food Related Bacteria by Natural Compounds
(2015)Pathogenic bacteria, such as Listeria monocytogenes, are easily transferred from biofilms on processing equipment to foods, causing many foodborne outbreaks and illnesses. The antimicrobial and anti-biofilm effects of ... -
Inhibition of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex (MCUcx) as a neuroprotective strategy for ischemic stroke
(2023-08-03)Ischemic stroke, typically caused by a clot that blocks a major cerebral artery, is a leading cause of death and disability. Despite intense effort, a viable protective strategy has yet to emerge. Mitochondrial dysfunction, ... -
Inhibition of TRPML1 by Lysosomal Adenosine Accumulation Involved in ADA Diseases
(2017-05-11)Adenosine plays important roles in cells, and impaired adenosine homeostasis has been associated with numerous human diseases. Lysosomes are referred as the cellular recycling centers which generate adenosine by breaking ... -
INHIBITIONS OF RETURN: TWO INHIBITORY ORIENTING BIASES
(2021-08-17)Inhibition of return (IOR) is an inhibitory aftereffect of visuospatial orienting, typically resulting in slower responses to targets presented in an area that has been recently attended. This thesis begins by briefly ...