Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Radial Deformation Acuity In Children With Amblyopia
(2013-04-16)Purpose: To examine the relationship between visual acuity (VA) and radial deformation acuity (RDA) in children 6 to 12 years of age with amblyopia. Methods: RDA was measured in 35 participants with the Manchester RDA ... -
Radiative impact of atmospheric aerosols and clouds.
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
Radiative transfer in clouds with internal inhomogeniety.
(Dalhousie University, 1994) -
Radicalism in decline: Labour and politics in industrial Cape Breton, 1930-1950.
(Dalhousie University, 1996) -
Radio Resource and Interference Management in Uplink MU-MIMO Systems with ZF Post-processing
This dissertation investigates cross-layer designs in spatial division multiplexing (SDM) for multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmissions on the uplink. The MU systems which allow simultaneous transmissions ... -
Radiographic Bone Quality Markers and Implant Migration: The Search for Patient-Specific Models of Knee Arthroplasty Longevity
(2012-08-24)The objective of this study was to examine the link between radiographic measures of bone quality and total knee implant migration as measured by radiostereometric analysis (RSA). Two uncemented total knee arthroplasty ... -
Radiolaria from the Lower Silurian of the Cape Phillips Formation, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada.
(Dalhousie University, 2003) -
Radiostereometric Analysis Origin Styles: Their Impact on the Accuracy and Precision in the Assessment of Spinal Fusion Success
(2012-07-06)The goal of this thesis was to assess the validity of a computer simulated Radiostereometric Analysis (RSA) environment and assess the use of novel migration origin styles for use in the assessment of spinal fusion success ... -
RADON-222 POTENTIAL IN TILLS OF HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
(2013-08-23)The relative contributions of bedrock geology, radiometric uranium, till permeability and surficial geology were assessed as predictors of radon in indoor air in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), NS, Canada. Bedrock ... -
Range Searching Data Structures with Cache Locality
(2011-04-15)This thesis focuses on range searching data structures, an elementary problem in computational geometry with research spanning decades. These problems often involve very large data sets. Processor speeds increase faster ... -
"Rank and Power": Authorship, the Diary, and the Law in Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White
Addressing a gap in current criticism, this thesis explores the notion of authorship and its authority in Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White. There are notable parallels between Collins’s unique interest in, and vexation ... -
RATES AND DETERMINANTS OF BREASTFEEDING EXCLUSIVITY AND DURATION IN NOVA SCOTIA WOMEN
(2012-08-14)This population-based retrospective cohort study describes breastfeeding patterns and identifies the determinants of longer exclusive breastfeeding among 4,533 mother-infants pairs in two regions of Nova Scotia, Canada ... -
RATES AND DETERMINANTS OF PRETERM BIRTH IN PREGNANCIES COMPLICATED BY DIABETES MELLITUS
(2014-08-15)This population-based retrospective cohort study involving all singleton births between 1988 and 2009 in Nova Scotia estimated the rate of preterm birth less than 37 weeks and less than 34 weeks among pregnancies complicated ... -
Rational approaches to data preprocessing in multivariate calibration.
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Rational Secret Sharing with and without Synchronous Broadcast, Conspicuous Secrets, Malicious Players and Unbounded Opponents
(2012-04-13)In secret sharing we are asked to split a secret into several shares in such a way that a minimum number of shares is necessary and sufficient to reconstruct the secret. Rational secret sharing considers secret sharing in ... -
Rational Structural Diversification and Application of DalPhos Ligands for use in Challenging C-N Cross-Coupling Reactions
(2013-05-01)Transition-metal catalyzed transformations have revolutionized modern chemical synthesis; the 2001, 2005, and 2010 Nobel prizes in Chemistry attest to their broad applicability in academia and industry. To this end, ... -
Re - Settled: A New Typology for Refugee Housing Promoting Community Assimilation through Integration, Interaction, and Adaptation
This thesis aims to analyze the challenges resettled refugees face, propose architectural guidelines that address these needs, and introduce a new typology of public housing that helps to assimilate resettled refugees into ...
