Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Targeted Frequency Domain Correction of Lineshape Distortions Introduced by Magnetic Resonance Inhomogeneity in Quantitative NMR Spectroscopy
(2022-08-25)A review has been performed of the NMR software landscape that determines ideal qNMR software to be local, frequency-domain based and as automated as feasible. Within this landscape, reference deconvolution corrects lineshape ... -
TARGETING THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM WITH ORTHOSTERIC AND ALLOSTERIC CANNABINOID LIGANDS TO REDUCE CORNEAL PAIN AND INFLAMMATION
(2019-11-28)The endocannabinoid system, including cannabinoid 1 (CB1R) and cannabinoid 2 (CB2R) receptor, is an emerging target for treating pain and inflammation. This research investigated the effects of orthosteric and allosteric ... -
Task Specific Coastal Information and Sources for Customizing Search Results
(2011-10-18)“Getting an overview” is a common task performed by coastal professionals in the early phases of management activities. This task involves collecting a variety of information about an area or topic to generate a first ... -
TAX INCENTIVES FOR ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GHANA AND KENYA
(2019-08-26)Developing countries have increasingly resorted to the use of tax incentives to attract FDI, despite existing evidence of the shortcomings of tax incentives. In sub-Saharan Africa, tax incentives are a prominent feature ... -
Tea & Toast: Exploring encounters of care through community-specific mental health and addiction peer support in the Eskasoni First Nation
(2022-05-03)This work explores encounters of care between service users and providers at Eskasoni Mental Health Services’ Crisis and Referral Centre, established in 2010, in the Eskasoni First Nation located in Unama’ki (Cape Breton, ... -
Teacher Help for ASD: The Development of an Accessible, Evidence-based, Online Intervention for Classroom Teachers and Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2020-08-28)With a move toward inclusive education, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) spend at least a portion of their school day in the inclusive classroom. These students often present with behavioural, academic, and ... -
The teacher's role in facilitating critical thinking about social issues.
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Teachers writing about themselves.
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Teaching Coloniality: How the Education System Impacts Indigenous and Settler Relations
(2020-05-15)This paper will highlight the findings from my MA Sociology thesis where I explore the intersections of critical pedagogy and Indigenous and settler relations in a post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) ... -
Techniques for enhancing the performance of bulk-driven circuits in nano-scale CMOS technology
(2014-12-10)Bulk-driven (BD) technique has been proposed to remedy the voltage swing limitation problem in modern CMOS technology. However, challenges exist when the CMOS technologies move to the nanometer-scale. The goal of this ... -
Techniques to Minimize the Dosimetric Impact of Intrafractional Motion with Improved Treatment Accuracy and Efficiency on a C-arm Medical Linear Accelerator
(2022-08-11)Stereotactic radiosurgery is a high-dose therapeutic technique for treating cranial lesions. To ensure that treatment is safe and effective several techniques are employed, namely: (1) Image guidance to ensure accurate ... -
Techniques to Overcome Data Scarcity in Deep Learning for Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals
(2023-10-20)Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) is a useful technique for monitoring marine mammals. However, the large volume of data collected through PAM systems make automated algorithms for detecting and classifying sounds essential. ... -
Techno-economic assessment of solar technologies and integration strategies for the Canadian housing stock
(2012-09-07)Energy security is probably one of the most challenging issues around the world. Therefore, the focus on methods of decreasing energy consumption and consequently its associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is intensified ... -
The Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Net-Zero Energy Retrofit for a Multi-Unit Residential Building in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2022-02-24)The building sector has a large environmental footprint that contributes to the current global GHG emissions. Implementing energy efficiency measures in the building sector will assist in reducing energy consumption and ... -
Technologies of Time : Time Standardization and Response in Britain, 1870-1900
Between 1870 and 1900 systems of communication and transportation such as the railway and telegraph presented a new landscape in which discussions about time took place in Britain. The practical issues of railway punctuality, ... -
Tectonic Evolution of the South Tibetan Detachment System, Bhutan Himalaya
(2010-12-20)Syn-convergent low-angle normal-sense detachments (LANDs) are found in many orogens around the world. However, those tectonic processes which result in their formation are little known. The South Tibetan detachment system ... -
TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE NEPEWASSI DOMAIN, CENTRAL GNEISS BELT, GRENVILLE PROVINCE, ONTARIO: A LITHOLOGICAL, STRUCTURAL, METAMORPHIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL STUDY
(2016-12-21)The Nepewassi domain is a parautochthonous unit within the Central Gneiss Belt of the Grenville Province, Ontario. The Southern subdomain of the Nepewassi domain, the focus of this study, is composed of migmatitic quartz ... -
TECTONICS & MATERIAL IN THE DESIGN OF A MEDITATION CENTRE IN PEGGY’S COVE, NOVA SCOTIA
(2011-04-08)Meditation means awareness. It is a process inducing a series of steps, that leads to a state of consciousness which brings serenity and clarity. While the space we choose for meditating needs to reflect the state of clear ... -
TECTONO-MAGMATIC AND METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF THE LATE TRIASSIC TO MIDDLE JURASSIC HAZELTON GROUP IN NORTHWEST BRITISH COLUMBIA
(2015-03-31)The Hazelton Group (Stikine terrane) in NW British Columbia represents a regionally extensive, Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic successor arc. It records two economically important metallogenic episodes associated with ... -
TECTONOMETAMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE KIOSK DOMAIN, CENTRAL GNEISS BELT, GRENVILLE PROVINCE, ONTARIO: CONSTRAINTS FROM GEOCHRONOLOGY AND THERMOBAROMETRY
(2012-08-22)The Kiosk domain in the Central Gneiss Belt, southwestern Grenville Province, Ontario comprises ca.1655 Ma orthogneisses and volumetrically minor ca. 1480-1460 Ma parag- neisses that were affected by granulite-facies ...