Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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ENERGYSHED FRAMEWORK: DEFINING AND DESIGNING THE FUNDAMENTAL LAND UNIT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
(2016-04-07)Renewable energy systems are fundamentally different than fossil-carbon energy systems, with each having a unique set of constraints, performance characteristics, and impacts. Transition to a new primary energy resource ... -
Enforcing Idealism: The Implementation of Complementary International Protection in Canadian Refugee Law
(2010-09-13)This thesis evaluates Canada‘s compliance with human rights-based complementary international protection. Through an analysis of the roots of international refugee protection, it first links the evolution of the latter ... -
Engaging Ecology Through Architecture: Reconnecting Bedford to its Bay
(2015)This thesis studies the relationship between the urban environment and ecosystem and the intersection between ecosystem and architectural project. While urban sites are commonly understood as separate and unique from their ... -
Engaging Indigenous Youth in Community-Based Participatory Action Research: A Scoping Review
(2019-07-25)Community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) frameworks are becoming a leading strategy for conducting research with Indigenous communities and youth. Core features of CBPAR include respectful relationships with ... -
Engaging Mi'kmaq Communities in Asthma Research: A Community-Driven Assessment of the Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities Surrounding Asthma Support in Unama'ki (Cape Breton), Nova Scotia
(2013-06-18)Asthma is the second most common chronic condition among Aboriginal youth. This three-phase study aims to understand the psycho-social barriers facing asthmatic Mi’kmaq youth and their parents/caregivers living in Cape ... -
Engaging The Post-Industrial Frontier: Revealing the Inherent Nature of the Manufactured Landscape Through the Processes of its Reclamation
(2018-04-06)This thesis investigates the nature of horror and fascination experienced when confronted with manufactured landscapes. The inherent qualities found at these radically manipulated and altered places are often comparable ... -
Engineered consent: The relocation of Black Point, a small Gaelic fishing community in Northern Cape Breton Island.
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Engineered Neurotrophin-Binding Spider Silk Biomaterials for Nerve Growth Applications
(2021-07-30)Spinal cord injury (SCI) is often accompanied by a lifetime of physical and psychological burden due to the limited capacity for nerve regeneration following development. Spider silks show potential as biomaterials due to ... -
Engineering Algorithms for Solving Geometric and Graph Problems on Large Data Sets
(2011-04-08)This thesis focuses on the engineering of algorithms for massive data sets. In recent years, massive data sets have become ubiquitous and existing computing applications, for the most part, cannot handle these data sets ... -
English representations of Islam at the turn of the century: Islam imagined and Islam experienced, 1575--1625.
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Engrained: Re-imagining the Past Heavy Timber Vision of Squamish for Today's Landscapes
(2018-04-06)This thesis aims to make a vision which existed in the past be alive on its own terms today. This work celebrates the past heavy timber cultural practices of British Columbia’s old-growth forestry towns, while acknowledging ... -
Enhanced Measurements in Fourier Analysis of MEMS Dynamics
(2012-06-28)This thesis presents a method for dynamic characterization of MEMS structures and discuses parameters that affect its measurements and techniques to improve them. Current methods of non-contact, laser based vibration ... -
ENHANCED PERFORMANCE OF SOLAR IRRADIANCE PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING AND DATA MINING TECHNIQUES
(2023-04-28)This work proposes two techniques to enhance predictive performance. The first technique addresses implementation details regarding relevancy and redundancy measures, exploring how they may, respectively, be enhanced and ... -
Enhanced tools to model preleukemia to leukemia transformation
(2020-11-26)Preleukemia to leukemia transformation is one of the least well-understood processes in the hematopoiesis field, which is in no small part due to the lack of models that faithfully recapitulate this phenomenon. In this ... -
ENHANCEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY IN BIOFILTERS BY AMINO ACID SUPPLEMENTATION
(2016-09-02)To achieve optimal growth during biological filtration a balance of available carbon (substrate) and nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus should be available for biological growth. The literature has suggested a carbon ... -
Enhancements to multidimensional methods in analytical chemistry.
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Enhancing Collaboration Through Role Specific Information Sharing
(2023-03-17)Information sharing, either directly or trough summaries and proxies, is one of the pillars of collaborative systems in human-computer interaction. Representing and sharing role-specific information in collocated systems ... -
Enhancing Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel 316 LVM by Various Surface Modifications in Biomedical Devices
(2016-04-08)Stainless steel is one of the major components for human body implantations which has been utilized to replace bones and stents in human organs. It has been engineered to be corrosion resistance. However, they can still ... -
ENHANCING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES MAPPING WITH PRIMARY DATA: OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND NOVA SCOTIA’S MANAGED POLLINATION SERVICES CAPACITY
(2017-04-04)Spatially explicit mapping of ecosystem services is a growing trend that shows potential as a decision-making tool. Using pollination services in Nova Scotia, Canada as a case study, this thesis had two primary goals: to ... -
ENHANCING IMMUNE RESPONSE IN THE ORAL CAVITY BY ANTIGEN-TARGETING
(2016-12-16)Mucosal vaccines that induce both local mucosal and systemic immune responses are ideal for preventing infections at the site of pathogen entry. Delivering antigen via molecules targeted specifically for receptors on the ...