Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Interpreting Deep Learning Models
(2020-06-24)Model interpretability is a requirement in many applications in which crucial decisions are made by users relying on a model's outputs. The recent movement for “algorithmic fairness” also stipulates explainability, and ... -
INTERPRETING LANDSCAPE: ABSTRACTING KANANASKIS COUNTRY
(2017-05-01)This thesis examines Kananaskis Country in Southern Alberta, which has traditionally been a vernacular landscape and represents an ever-changing cultural perspective on landscape. By analyzing the historical use and current ... -
Interpreting Satellite Remote Sensing Observations using a Chemical Transport Model: Implications for Processes affecting Tropospheric NOx and Ozone
(2016-09-26)Nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) and ozone (O3) play important roles in the troposphere that impact air quality and climate. This thesis presents three projects that demonstrate how satellite observations interpreted with ... -
INTERPRETING SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING, AIRCRAFT AND GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS OF AEROSOL USING A CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL
(2020-01-16)Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the leading environmental risk factor for the global burden of disease. Black carbon (BC) and metal components are primarily responsible for the adverse health effects associated with ... -
THE INTERSECTION OF HOST IMMUNITY AND VIRAL EVOLUTION: SPECIFIC AND NON-SPECIFIC HOST IMMUNE PRESSURES HAVE DIFFERENTIAL INFLUENCES ON INFLUENZA VIRUS AND SARS-COV-2 ANTIGENIC CHANGES
(2021-12-22)Improvements to public health strategies surrounding vaccination against mutating respiratory pathogens requires a more in-depth understanding of the host factors driving viral evolution. In this thesis, I used informatic ... -
The intersections of hope, health, and illness: Moral responsibilities of health care providers.
(Dalhousie University, 2001) -
Intersectoral Relationships between Capital Health and the Voluntary Health Sector in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2004-09-08)Voluntary organizations have long been involved in health care, but are often not included in the spectrum of health care providers. They represent an underutilised resource for health system planners. This research study ... -
INTERSYMBOL INTERFERENCE (ISI) MITIGATION SCHEMES IN IR-UWB SYSTEMS EMPLOYING ENERGY DETECTION RECEIVER
(2013-04-30)Ultra-Wideband (UWB) is an emerging wireless technology that has attracted many applications in modern day communications. Its ability to provide high data rates at very low complexity makes the system attractive for many ... -
Interventions to Change Clinician Behaviour in Relation to Suicide Prevention Care in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review
(2021-04-06)Introduction: An emergency department (ED) is a critical place for suicide prevention, yet patients are often discharged without proper suicide risk assessments and/or referrals. We must support ED clinicians’ behaviour ... -
Into the "Vortex of Legal Precision": Access to Justice, Complexity, and the Canadian Tax System
(2019-09-27)This thesis is an exploration of access to justice issues in the Canadian tax system. Drawing on the work of Roderick Macdonald, it argues for a broad conception of access to justice based on the empowerment of individuals ... -
Into the Existing: A Multivalent Programmatic, Architectural and Urban Approach to Developing a Renewal Scheme for the Small Downtown
(2014-08-21)Consider the downtown of any smaller urban centre – typically in some state of decline/stagnation. In response, policies speak to general programmatic, planning and urban ideals, but do not account for the complexities ... -
INTRA-INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY IS AN IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
(2013-08-20)Cognitive deficits are highly prevalent in multiple sclerosis (MS) and have a negative impact on daily life. Impairments in information processing speed are among the most commonly reported deficits in MS and are generally ... -
Intra-Session Reliability Metrics for Quality Assurance in Pre-Surgical Mapping with Magnetoencephalography
(2019-08-29)Magnetoencephalography (MEG) functional maps can localize brain activity for pre-surgical mapping, but their quality is difficult to quantify. Clinical standard metrics cannot be used when multiple sources of activity are ... -
The intrinsic cardiac nervous system in ischemic heart disease.
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An introduction to totally cocomplete categories
(1985)A total category is defined as a locally small category whose Yoneda embedding, Y, has a left adj oint, L. Totality implies cocompleteness (and completeness) . The converse is not true. However, many familiar cocomplete ... -
An Intrusion Detection System for Internet of Medical Things
(2021-06-25)The term IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) describes the connection of medical devices and software applications relating to healthcare information to the Internet using networking technologies. While these technologies ... -
An Intuitionist Model of Sport Motivation
(2016-08-09)Despite it’s increasingly established benefits, youth sport participation in Canada has declined. Researchers, practitioners, policy and decision makers have all highlighted the need to address declining participation, and ... -
Inuit Agency in the Arctic
(2021-12-20)Global warming is shortening the winter in the Canadian Arctic so that non-renewable resources are becoming more accessible, and the Northwest Passage will soon become a viable shipping route, attracting the interest of ... -
INUIT GIRLS MAKE MEDIA: RESISTING STEREOTYPES THROUGH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH
(2019-04-05)Historically, entertainment media have reproduced inaccurate and stereotypical media representations of Indigenous peoples. In this thesis, I draw on concepts such as Stuart Hall’s theory of media influence, Pierre Bourdieu’s ...