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Evaluating Strategies for Plan Coordination: A Survey of Canadian Planners
(Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2019)In the contemporary context, many Canadian cities have large numbers of plans that present major challenges for coordination and implementation. The paper reports the results of a survey of Canadian planning practitioners ... -
Evaluating Textual Annotations with Interactive 3D Models
(2013-08-27)Annotations play a key role in explaining and elaborating 3D illustrations. They support users in identifying and establishing a visual link between different components within a 3D model. However, one major issue with ... -
EVALUATING THE ABCS OF SLEEPING MOBILE HEALTH SMARTPHONE APPLICATION DESIGNED FOR PARENTS OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN: AN END-USER APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT
(2024-08-13)Insomnia symptoms are prevalent among school-age children, yet there are few accessible evidence-based treatment programs, and hence there is an “evidence-to-practice gap”. This dissertation examines the development and ... -
Evaluating the Coverage of Health Informatics Terms in the MeSH Thesaurus: Critical Analysis of a Newly Created Health Informatics Glossary
(2012-05-02)As an integral part of the Master in Health Informatics (MHI) program at Dalhousie University, internship provides a good opportunity for MHI students to apply academic health informatics knowledge in healthcare work to ... -
Evaluating the current aquatic invasive species (AIS) treatment methods and exploring different restoration tools that could aid in ecosystem recovery in freshwater ecosystems of Nova Scotia
(2023-05-30)Invasive fish species in Atlantic Canada present threats to freshwater ecosystems by outcompeting and predating native organisms, resulting in a biodiversity shift. This could also lead to social impacts, especially for ... -
Evaluating the Effect of a Diluent Composed of Biodiesel and Diesel on the Efficacy of the Wood Preservative Creosote
(2018-09-12)The goal of this project was to evaluate the effect of a diluent as a co-solvent in the wood preservative creosote. The diluent was composed of 80% soybean biodiesel and 20% petroleum diesel. Three main experiments were ... -
Evaluating the Effect of Biodiesel on the Efficacy of the Wood Preservative Copper Naphthenate
(2014-04-04)The efficacy of biodiesel as a co-solvent for copper naphthenate wood preservative treating solutions was evaluated using two fungal decay methodologies (AWPA E10-09, British Standard Method EN113). Four fungal species ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an 8-week Intervention for Reducing Sedentary Time and Increasing Physical Activity Levels for People with Acquired Brain Injury
(2023-07-19)Nova Scotia Health designed the Physical Activity After Acquired Brain Injury (PABI) program to improve the movement behaviours and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people with acquired brain injury (ABI). It was ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Visualization Design for Twitter Conversations on Academic Topics
(2016-01-05)Our research focuses on evaluating the efficiency of the combination of the computed scores and visual representations of features. W conducted a two-phased user study. The first phase were designed to determine the important ... -
Evaluating the effects of North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) fishery closures on entanglement risk of other large whales from the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) fishery
(2023-12)Since 2018, time-area closures have been implemented in Atlantic Canada to reduce entanglements of North Atlantic right whales (NARW) in fixed-gear fisheries, particularly the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GoSL) snow crab fishery. ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES ON SURGEONS’ AVAILABILITY TO OPERATE: A COMPUTER SIMULATION APPROACH
(2012-04-04)Surgical services contribute to a large proportion of a hospital’s costs and revenues thus it is important to understand key performance drivers so that resources can be distributed in an informed way. Organizational ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES ON SURGEONS’ AVAILABILITY TO OPERATE: A COMPUTER SIMULATION APPROACH
(2011-12-16)Surgical services contribute to a large proportion of a hospital’s costs and revenues thus it is important to understand key performance drivers so that resources can be distributed in an informed way. Organizational ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CANADIAN PORT SECTOR
(2021-04-12)Ports are critical connecting nodes in Canada’s resource-based economy that have adverse environmental and social impacts. Despite being federal entities, the Canada Port Authorities (CPAs) inconsistently report sustainability ... -
Evaluating the Energy Security Risks and Barriers to Electric Vehicle Adoption in Nova Scotia
(2020-12-15)As jurisdictions seek to pursue transportation-based emissions reductions, they face the challenge of electrifying the vehicles that operate within them. In this work, jurisdiction-generic methods are defined for analyzing ... -
Evaluating the Environmental Impacts of Conventional and Organic Apple Production in Nova Scotia, Canada, Through Life Cycle Assessment
(2013-08-19)Agricultural production and post-harvest supply systems are major causes of resource and energy consumption throughout the world, with associated emissions contributing to global scale environmental burdens. Focusing on ... -
EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM CAMELINA SATIVA
(2016-08-08)Camelina sativa has recently attracted great interest as an energy crop for biodiesel production in North America. To assess the feasibility of biodiesel production from camelina grown in Nova Scotia, fuel properties of ... -
EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PACKER MANAGING FATIGUE PROGRAM IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE: A MIXED METHOD PILOT RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
(2022-03-15)Management of fatigue has been identified as an unmet need in Parkinson’s disease (PD) care. To address this gap, this study evaluated the feasibility of conducting a future full-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) of ... -
Evaluating the Functional Trophic Level of the Global Aquaculture Sector
(2016-04)Previous studies have characterized the average trophic level of aquatic animals in culture at national, regional or global scales. All of these prior analyses, however, have assumed that the trophic level of an animal in ... -
Evaluating the Historic Change in Per Capita Nominal Consumption of Animal Products in Canada Over the Past 60 to 100 years
(2022-03)Since the early 1960s, the global anthropogenic food systems have become incredibly resource intensive and have caused a global increase in greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater scarcity, land cover conversion, and biodiversity ...