Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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New Perspectives: A Contemporary Addition to the Vancouver Art Gallery
(2011-08-03)This thesis addresses the need for the Vancouver Art Gallery to expand to accommodate its large and ever-expanding art collection. Situated in the current debate of whether to expand on site or move to a new site altogether, ... -
NEW PLA(Y)CES OF LEARNING AND EXCHANGE: A PROTOTYPE TOWARDS EDUCATIONAL SPACES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS IN A MODERN CONTEXT
(2016-04-08)Presently, there are lack of programs, services and indoor places in central Halifax for children (aged 0 – 6) and the caregivers who stay home with them. This thesis proposes the design of two casual “soft play based” ... -
A NEW PLATFORM FOR SEXUALIZED VIOLENCE: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S DATING APP EXPERIENCES
(2023-12-04)The high rate of sexualized violence against women poses an urgent social issue and significant human rights problem. While not new for women, the proliferation of modern technology, particularly the surge in online ... -
New production in the tropical Pacific region.
(Dalhousie University, 1994) -
New Profiles of Occupancy Driven Appliance, Lighting, Plug Loads and Hot Water Use for Residential Sector Energy Demand Modeling
(2016-12-14)Energy modeling is used by researchers to estimate aggregate energy consumption and time-step load (power) of buildings. However, researchers often rely on a limited number of occupant load profiles that are repeated for ... -
A New Spiritual Space Using Psychogeographic Methods
(2019-08-09)A shrinking number of people are attending religious services in comparison to the growing proportion of people who claim a spiritual aspect to their lives. The divergence of spirituality and religion has left a gap in the ... -
A new test method for measuring the longitudinal and shear moduli of fiber-reinforced composites.
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
A NEW TEST TO BUILD CONFIDENCE REGIONS USING BALANCED MINIMUM EVOLUTION
(2013-08-30)In phylogenetic analysis, an important issue is to construct the confidence region for gene trees from DNA sequences. Usually estimation of the trees is the initial step. Maximum likelihood methods are widely applied but ... -
A New Theory of Alzheimer's Disease
(2014-04-01)Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a chronic progressive neurological condition, clinically characterized by memory deficits, cognitive and physical impairment, and personality changes. Traditionally, AD was considered a type ... -
A new theory of noncognitivism.
(Dalhousie University, 1995) -
New to me or new to you? Determining objects of interest on the basis of novelty in the second year of life.
(Dalhousie University, 2006) -
A New Toolkit For Measuring Spasticity: A Pilot Study Investigating The Validity And Reliability Of The Biotone System For Patients Post-Stroke
(2016-01-19)Purpose: This pilot study assessed the concurrent and construct validity and test-retest reliability of the BioTone system as a tool to quantify spasticity in patients following stroke. Methods: 15 adults post-stroke (65±11 ... -
New uses of old dramas: The importance of Jacobean drama to plays by four contemporary British playwrights.
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A New Water Infrastructure Paradigm for the Arid City of Kerman, Iran
(2015)This thesis investigates ancient methods of water storage, delivery, access and treatment that have formed the basis of traditional Persian settlements and culture. These methods are contrasted with modern techniques and ... -
New York Apartments: Holes for Life
(2016-07-27)This thesis explores the potential of design concepts to generate new building morphologies. The report outlines a retrospective demonstration of how the concept of porosity has been used to illicit the qualities of openness ... -
The 'New' Development Regime in Ecuador: Implications for the Highland Indigenous Movement
(2015)Beginning in 2007, Rafael Correa’s presidency has marked a new era in Ecuadorian politics. Correa has been a vocal opponent of the Washington Consensus and has vastly expanded social spending and development programming. ... -
The [New] Age Home: How Architecture Can Provide New Solutions to the Challenges of Traditional Retirement Home Models that Approach Ageing as Disease
(2013-08-15)For the fishing village of Sambro, Nova Scotia, Canada, this project proposes affordable elderly housing, interactive and mixed use spaces where a self-supporting ethos is cultivated among independent and service living ... -
The Next Cold War: Are the United States and China undergoing a power transition through proxy wars?
(2018-12-18)The thesis reviews the implications of Sino-American conflicts in the context of contemporary international relations. Since the end of the Cold War, the threat of direct conflict between major powers has declined due to ... -
Next Generation Adaptive Optics
(2020-11-19)Adaptive Optics (AO) is an integral part of modern astronomy. Current systems are pushing the limits of large diameter telescopes to achieve near diffraction limited performance. Historically, AO systems have been limited ... -
Next-Generation Sequencing for Clinically Viable Multiple Myeloma Genome Interrogation
(2021-06-22)Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a severe and common malignancy which presents clinically with a highly aberrated genome, with mutations ranging in size from whole chromosome events to single nucleotide variants. The large chromosomal ...