Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Learning from Land: Interweaving Traditions of Making along the Blue Nile
(2023-07-16)In Sudan, practices of agroforestry once created closed-loop cycles of production that harmoniously linked landscape, agriculture, craft, and architecture. However, these practices have largely been wiped out by past ... -
LEARNING FROM NATURE: AN ECO-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVED FOOD AND ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN THE PROVINCE OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA
(2013-11-20)Recently, one of the more significant measures on the part of the Cuban government to enhance resiliency of the existing economy was the announcement of a series of economic and social policy proposals referred to as ... -
Learning in Non-Stationary Environments
(2013-08-26)Real-world decision making is challenging due, in part, to changes in the underlying reward structure: the best option last week may be less rewarding today. Determining the best response is even more challenging when ... -
LEARNING LESSONS THROUGH EXPERIENCES WITH DISASTERS: Exploring Institutional Memory-Building and the Informing of Disaster Relief in Nova Scotia and Beyond
(2020-12-16)This thesis explores the central research question: how are lessons learned from experiences with disasters? Based on three case studies detailing Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office’s experiences responding to the ... -
Learning Optical Flow with Auxiliary Cost Aggregation
(2023-11-30)Optical flow represents motions for each pixel between two adjacent frames in a video sequence. Deep learning-based estimation approaches for optical flow have overshadowed the variational approaches over the past few ... -
Learning Stochastic Weight Masking to Resist Adversarial Attacks
(2019-12-02)Adding small perturbations to test images can drastically change the classification accuracy of machine learning models. These perturbed examples are called adversarial examples (Szegedy et al., 2013). Studying these ... -
Learning-Model Action Observation: An Investigation in Long-Term Motor Learning Outcomes
(2022-08-26)Early motor learning is driven by error commission and feedback during physical practice (PP). Motor learning can also be facilitated by action observation (AO), which classically involves observing a skilled model flawlessly ... -
LED OUT INTO A LARGER PLACE: REV. ERNEST CROSSLEY HUNTER AND THE PREACHING OF JEWISH~CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD INTO CANADA, 1928-1939
(2020-08-28)This thesis explores the preached theology of Rev. Ernest Crossley Hunter between 1928 and 1939 as a significant contribution to The United Church of Canada's efforts to respond to Canada's barring of Jewish refugees from ... -
LEEB HARDNESS TEST FOR ROCK JOINT WALL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH EVALUATION
(2021-07-20)The Joint Wall Compressive Strength (JCS) parameter introduced by Nick Barton significantly influences predictions of rock discontinuity shear strength but current methods in obtaining this parameter are insufficient. A ... -
The Legal Response to Women Co-offenders: Recognizing Intimate Partner Violence and Coercive Control in Violent Co-offending Cases Involving Women and their Intimate Partners
(2023-07-05)The purpose of this research was to explore the personal characteristics of the women co-accused in cases involving intimate partnership dynamics (i.e., IPV/coercive control). Secondly, the study aimed to explore the ... -
The Legionella pneumophila chaperonin: An investigation of virulence-related roles in a yeast model.
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Legitimizing Informality: A Self-Built Path to Self-Reliance in Mombasa
(2022-04-13)Today, over half the world’s population lives in cities. As a result of urban migration, cities in the developing world are currently experiencing an unprecedented surge of informal settlements. Such is the case in Mombasa, ... -
LES TROIS ROIS MAGES CHEZ GUILLAUME POSTEL (1510-1581), SUIVI DE L’ÉDITION SAVANTE DE LA PROGNOSTICATION DE SUS PARIS […] EXTRAICTE DES SECRETS […] DES TROYS ROYS MAGES
(2015-04-06)La Prognostication de sus Paris (1568) is one of many manuscripts by Guillaume Postel (1510-1581), written during his incarceration at Saint-Martin-des-Champs (1563-1581). In this text Postel reworks a prophecy relating ... -
Less “Determined in His Purpose” than “Sincere in His Wishes”: Amelioration at Henry Goulburn’s Amity Hall Estate, Jamaica, 1825-1833
(2021-07-08)Scholars have debated the effects of amelioration on plantation management and the lives of the enslaved. This thesis is a case study of Henry Goulburn’s Amity Hall estate in Vere parish, Jamaica, spanning 1825-1833 set ... -
LEST LAW FORGET: Locke's Toleration and Religious Freedom
(2018-12-14)The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees every person in Canada freedom of conscience and religion. I contend that the concept of religious freedom was born out of a history of religious suffering and originally ... -
LETTING GO OF SHAME AS A TOOL OF PUNISHMENT: ADVOCATING SUPPORT FOR NOVA SCOTIAN YOUNG ADULT PRISONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
(2018-05-02)This project used a mixed methods approach to explore and describe the life experiences and the social situation of incarcerated young adults. By analyzing data from a unique survey that was administered to adult prisoners ... -
Let’s Head Inside: A Case for Internal Streets
(2023-07-13)Our cities lack internal common space. Through a mix of programmatically dense external/internal space and program, we can bring the public realm inward to achieve an internal street where social activities are protected ... -
Levels of Green: Landscape Housing in the City
(2017-08-21)In today’s housing market, housing quality and affordability are hard to come by. Poor quality, both economic and social, are factors leading to the demise of urban housing. While prefab systems provide a better building ... -
Li-ion Battery Materials Theory and Computation to Guide and Interpret Experiments
(2022-10-25)Li-ion batteries are enabling electrification; cell energy densities, lifetimes and cost render grid energy storage solutions and personal and commercial electric modes of transportation economically and practically ... -
Li15Si4 Formation in Thin Film Si Negative Electrodes for Li-ion Batteries
(2015)In this work, a better understanding behind, and the implications of Li15Si4 formation in Si containing negative electrodes for rechargeable Li-ion batteries during electrochemical cycling was sought. Si in the form of ...