Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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B cells and antibody in the development of long-term cardiac graft rejection
(2014-03-10)The long-term survival of heart transplants is limited by the development of allograft vasculopathy (AV), a vascular pathology that develops in spite of the use of modern immunosuppressive therapies. Although it is widely ... -
Back to the Future: New Metabolisms for Declining Urban Towers
As the number of residential towers increases with the growth of modern cities, we are faced with the question of how to handle the older towers that, little by little, no longer attract renters for their apartments. Is ... -
BACKSTEPPING-ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF MOBILE MANIPULATORS FOR TRAJECTORY TRACKING
A mobile manipulator is a manipulator arm mounted on the mobile platform to offer more flexibilities to reach to the target position in the space. In recent years, research activities in this area have expanded because of ... -
Backyard Densification: Resectioning Urban Residential Lots
City densification techniques have become stagnant. Suburban land use needed to be revisited and a resectioning of lots implemented. This thesis investigates the typical characteristics of the suburban city lands, ... -
The Bad and the Beautiful: Public Persona and Genre in Three Film Adaptations of William Faulkner
(2011-12-15)Direct study of the film adaptations of the works of William Faulkner’s is relatively rare, and many of the few examples are still based entirely on the notion of textual fidelity as opposed to the more modern approach of ... -
Bad Reputation: Joan Jett and Questions of Canon
(2011-09-06)The purpose of this project is to identify and examine the reasons for which American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Joan Jett has been widely excluded from critical musicological study and discussion. The overall aim ... -
Balancing a fine line: Decision-making by sub-elite athletes about playing through pain: A focused ethnography of gymnasts, rowers and speed skaters
Aim: To explore the factors associated with sub-elite athletes playing through pain in gymnastics, rowing and speed skating. Methods: Five coaches, four athletes and three rehabilitation specialists were studied. Athletes ... -
Balancing Developed and Developing State Interests under a Regulatory Framework for Foreign Direct Investment: The Potential of the GATS Model
(2011-09-06)This thesis examines the need for a multilateral regime for the regulation of foreign direct investment. The absence of such a regime has slowed the growth of foreign direct investment, as investment decisions are difficult ... -
Ball Milled Si-W Alloy Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries
Si-based materials are excellent alternatives to conventional graphite anodes because of their high theoretical capacity and high earth abundance. This thesis explores the electrochemical and structural characteristics of ... -
Ballast Water Management Convention, 2004: Towards Combating Unintentional Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens.
(2011-09-06)The introduction of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens transferred through ships' ballast water and sediments from one coastal region to another has ecological, economic, environmental, and human impacts. The international ... -
Bar-trapped edge waves.
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Barotropic circulation variability on Canadian Atlantic Shelves.
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BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO PRESCRIBED EXERCISE ADHERENCE IN CHIROPRACTIC PATIENTS WITH NON-SPECIFIC CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: A FOCUSED ETHNOGRAPHY
Background: Non-specific chronic low back pain (NS-CLBP) is an increasing global burden. Chiropractors see a significant proportion of the NS-CLBP population, commonly prescribing exercise as a treatment. Exercise is one ... -
Barriers to accessing hepatitis C for individuals who have experience with injection drug use and are accessing methadone maintenance treatment
(2012-04-04)Hepatitis C (HCV) is an infectious disease of the liver which affects more than 250,000 Canadians; the majority of those living with the disease have experience with injection drug use. Treatment for HCV involves a strict ... -
Batterer Intervention Programs in Nova Scotia: A Qualitative Examination of Offender Experiences
(2015-04-09)The present study examined the experiences of men court-mandated to one of two batterer intervention programs in Nova Scotia. Eight men participated in 45 minute—1 hour-long semi-structured interviews and spoke to a number ... -
Bayes Analysis of a Lifetime Model
Lifetimes models have been developed in the last five centuries. These developments are purposed to fit lifetimes data. Models that accommodate different shapes of the hazard rate function are useful for analyzing the ... -
The Beasts in the Jungle: Animal Welfare in International Law
(2011-08-23)Animal welfare has emerged as a pervasive concern in modern international law. The purpose of this study is to situate the international legal principle protecting the welfare of animals within the broader framework of ... -
The Beautiful Synonym is Violent Re: creating Black Identity Through a Poetics of Re-remembering
This thesis explores the recent works of American artist Kara Walker in conversation with two Canadian poetry collections: Dionne Brand’s Inventory (2006) and Canisia Lubrin’s Voodoo Hypothesis (2017). This thesis considers ... -
BEAUTY, PROPORTION, AND TRUTH: THE GOOD IN THE PHILEBUS
(2011-09-06)This thesis investigates how Plato reaches his definition of the good at the end of the Philebus, and the relation of this definition of the good to the various parts of the dialogue. Through an internal reading of the ... -
THE BEHAVIOR AND MIGRATORY FATE OF SELECT HEAVY METALS DURING THE DEWATERMENT OF AN EFFLUENT DERIVED SEDIMENT
Geotextile filtration has proven to be an effective method of both retaining and dewatering dredged sediments. This option has been considered as a method for the remediation of a contaminated marine sediment in Nova Scotia, ...
