Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Multinomial smoothing and investigating elevated disease incidence by penalized likelihood.
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MULTIPHASE FLOW METERING USING A PRESSURE DROP BASED METERING DEVICE
(2018-04-27)A dual-pressure drop based flow measurement device (DPDE) was developed taking advantage of the compressibility of two-phase flow. By creating a pressure drop between two crimped pipe elements with restrictions, a variation ... -
Multiple ArfGAPs regulate vesicular transport.
(Dalhousie University, 2004) -
Multiple brooding in Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica): Extrinsic determinants and implications on population growth
(2021-03-16)In many species of birds, the number of broods produced in a breeding season is an extremely important component of reproductive success. However, for many multi-brooded species, we have a poor understanding of both the ... -
Multiple chemical sensitivity: A test of the olfactory-limbic model.
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
Multiple optimization of network carrier and traffic flow goals using preference function modeling.
(Dalhousie University, 2005) -
Multiple Visions of Sustainability as an Organizing Principle for Change in Higher Education: How Faculty Conceptualizations of Sustainability in Higher Education Suggest the Need for Pluralism
(2013-05-13)As the United Nation Decade of Education for Sustainable Development draws to a close, there are growing calls for a critical reappraisal of the state of sustainability in Higher Education. The emerging literature suggests ... -
Multiplexed Sensitivity Encoding of Multi-Shot Diffusion-Weighted Echo Planar MRI at 0.5 Tesla for Cholesteatoma Imaging
(2023-10-27)Cholesteatoma is an abnormal skin mass in the middle ear requiring surgical excision, and accurate post-surgical imaging is of interest to avoid repeat surgeries. MRI suffers from susceptibility-induced field gradients at ... -
MULTISCALE STRETCHED-GRIDS FOR FINE RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION IN A MASSIVELY PARALLEL CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL
(2020-11-09)Modeling atmospheric composition at fine resolution globally is computationally expensive; the capability to focus on specific geographic regions using a multiscale grid is desirable. This work develops, validates, and ... -
Multiview model for protection and access control.
(Dalhousie University, 1996) -
Multus Homo Es: Desire, Identity, and Conquest in Catullus' Carmina
(2016-08-26)The Roman poet Catullus has occupied a curious place in the hearts of scholars and lovers of literature alike. On the one hand, he writes some of the most violent and hateful poetry to have survived from the Ancient World, ... -
Mundane Intimacies and Everyday Violence in Contemporary Canada Comics
(2021-05-05)This dissertation argues that contemporary Canadian comics construct a sustained and critical gaze of the mundane and the everyday. Canadian artists are using the form of comics to reveal the structures of oppression and ... -
MUNICIPAL MUSSELS: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MUTUAL BENEFITS OF FRESHWATER MUSSEL PRESENCE IN A MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY
(2023-08-30)Freshwater mussels are a keystone group in lake ecosystems, including some surface water supply sources utilized by Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) Water Utility. My research aims to establish the value of ecosystem ... -
MUSCLE SPINDLE FEEDBACK AND LIMB COORDINATION DURING LOCOMOTION
(2021-04-27)Understanding how the nervous system controls locomotion is of great importance to improve treatments of mobility disorders. The numerous muscles and joints in a limb participating in a given movement, have to feed sensory ... -
Music Composer Recognition from MIDI Representation using Deep Learning and N-gram Based Methods
(2022-10-07)In order to answer conceptually basic queries like “Who created this piece?” the discipline of computational musicology frequently requires the analysis of detailed characteristics. Melodic lines, rhythmic patterns, ... -
MUSIC IN PEACEBUILDING: Examining Music within the Peacebuilding Discipline
(2018-04-25)This thesis will examine the peacebuilding discourse, alongside current findings in the music discourse, to determine whether the integration of music could enhance current peacebuilding practices. Music is an important ... -
Music, Madness, & the Mainstream: The Communication of Bipolar Disorder in the Art and Reception of Kanye West & Mariah Carey
(2024-04-13)Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Mariah Carey are two of the biggest stars of popular music. While they have both earned vast amounts of critical and commercial success throughout their respective careers, this has ... -
Musical Works Without Musical Works: An Essay in Ontology
(2013-08-26)This thesis provides an answer to the question, “what is a musical work?” I begin by canvasing four of the leading accounts in the literature, two Platonist theories and two Nominalist theories. Nominalism is, I suggest, ...
