Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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A SURVEY ON THE EFFECTS OF PROGRESSIVE REMOVAL OF BRAND IMAGERY ELEMENTS FROM CIGARETTE PACKS ON THE PERCEPTION OF ADULT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
(2011-09-06)Plain packaging can arguably reduce the appeal of cigarette packages and deter people from smoking. In this study, a 1 (brand type) X 4 (levels of plain packages) betweensubject design was utilized. The method used was ... -
Survival of an African Nova Scotian Community : Up the Avenue, Revisited
(1998-09)This is a sociohistorical project that uses the case study of an African Nova Scotian community to explore the community from two perspectives. Firstly, the relies on a 'traditional' conception of community as developed ... -
SURVIVING THE IMPACT OF THE EXPERIENCE OF RACISM ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING: AN EXPLORATION OF WOMEN OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY LIVING IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2018-02-08)A paucity of research is available about the impact of racism on the health and well-being of women of African ancestry who are living in Nova Scotia. The purpose of this research was to contribute to that lacuna. This ... -
Susceptibility to monocular deprivation following immersion in darkness just prior to the critical period peak
(2017-08-08)Immersion of animals in complete darkness highlights that the maturation and plastic capacity of visual circuitry is regulated by visual experience. Recent investigations have shown that imposing 10-days of darkness exposure ... -
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AND CORPORATE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE G20 COUNTRIES
(2023-04-12)This study analyzes the relationship between sustainability and financial performance in a sample of G20 firms over a decade (2010-2021), while controlling for relevant variables. Results show a positive bidirectional ... -
Sustainable Ethics and Delinquent Consumers: Environmentalist Discourse and the Apparatus of Ecological Crisis
(2020-08-28)This project analyses the dominant environmentalist preoccupation with “sustainable consumption” to account for the failure of this discourse to address the structural causes and genocidal harms of our environmental policies, ... -
Sustainable extraction of carotenoids and polyphenols from carrots (Daucus carota L.) using pH-responsive Switchable Deep Eutectic Solvents
(2024-04-12)This study investigated the extraction of carotenoids and polyphenols from Daucus carota. L using pH-responsive phase-Switchable Deep Eutectic Solvents (SDESs). After screening several SDESs, DL-menthol: Octanoic acid (1:1 ... -
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF BOTRYTIS BLOSSOM BLIGHT IN WILD BLUEBERRY (VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM AITON)
(2017-11-28)Botrytis blight is an important disease of wild blueberries with control dependent on fungicide usage. Given concerns over human health, environment, and fungicide resistance, field and laboratory experiments were conducted ... -
A Sustainable Seabed Mining Asset Valuation Code Framework
(2023-11-08)Seabed mining is governed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, the ... -
Sustaining Community in a Heritage Boomtown. Kaslo, British Columbia
(2017-04-10)This thesis explores how architecture can help sustain community in a tourism-based heritage “boomtown”. Many “boomtown” communities either no longer exist, or have become shadows of their former selves. Those communities ... -
Swinburne and the divine marquis : a study in the aesthetics of evil.
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Symbiosis and its impact on eukaryote evolution
(2017-08-29)Endosymbiosis has had a significant impact on eukaryotic evolution, from various coevolving partnerships to the origin of mitochondria and plastids. Cryptophytes are a lineage of unicellular algae that harbor a red-algal ... -
A Symbiotic Bid-Based Framework for Problem Decomposition using Genetic Programming
(2011-03-08)This thesis investigates the use of symbiosis as an evolutionary metaphor for problem decomposition using Genetic Programming. It begins by drawing a connection between lateral problem decomposition, in which peers with ... -
Symbiotic Evolutionary Subspace Clustering (S-ESC)
(2013-12-06)Subspace clustering identifies the attribute support for each cluster as well as identifying the location and number of clusters. In the most general case, attributes associated with each cluster could be unique. A ... -
SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION AND SEED DEVELOPMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SOYBEAN IN RELATION TO BRADYRHIZOBIUM INOCULATION AND NITROGEN USE UNDER ACIDIC AND SALINE DYKELAND SOIL CONDITIONS
(2011-11-21)The objectives of this study were to examine the effects of starter N inputs and Bradyrhizobium inoculation on soybean symbiotic N fixation and grain yield under field and greenhouse conditions. The study was conducted in ... -
Symbolic solution and microcanonical simulation of the Potts model.
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Symbols and the Soul: Hyperreality, Dissensus, and Sacred Humanism in William Gibson's Pattern Recognition
(2017-09-06)In his 2003 novel, Pattern Recognition, William Gibson explores the potential for humanizing change in the post-9/11, globalized world. This thesis will first argue that Pattern Recognition depicts a dehumanizing version ... -
Synaptic and Intrinsic Plasticity in Lateral Hypothalamic Sleep/Wake Regulatory Neurons Following Acute Sleep Deprivation: Implications for Sleep Homeostasis
(2018-05-23)Sleep/wake behaviour is regulated by a network of sleep- and wake-promoting neurons that exhibit reciprocal activity patterns. This circuit is under the influence of the circadian clock, which maintains stable diurnal ... -
THE SYNAPTIC CIRCUITS UNDERLYING OLFACTORY PROCESSING AND REPRESENTATIONS IN THE INSECT BRAIN: CHARACTERIZATION AND PLASTICITY OF THE MUSHROOM BODY CALYX
(2010-08-25)Sensory information is processed and encoded by neural networks. In order to understand how the nervous system is able to rapidly integrate and store sensory information, knowledge of the connections and properties of the ... -
SYNAPTOPODIN-2, AN ACTIN-BINDING PROTEIN, IS A PROMYOGENIC FACTOR FOR MYOBLAST FUSION AND MYOFIBRILLOGENESIS IN MOUSE AND ZEBRAFISH
(2020-10-14)Myogenesis is a differentiation-dependent process involving migration and fusion of uninucleated myoblasts to form multinucleated myotubes, the building blocks of striated, contractile muscle fibers. Several actin-binding ...