Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Enhancing the Performance of Relay Networks with Network Coding
(2012-08-22)This dissertation examines the design and application of network coding (NC) strategies to enhance the performance of communication networks. With its ability to combine information packets from different, previously ... -
Enhancing The Privacy Framework: An analysis of Privacy in Canadian and Brazilian health care
(2014-12-23)In the last decade, with organizations’ increased reliance on digital storage of information, privacy laws have been implemented and updated to help govern the collection, use, disclosure, storage and destruction of personal ... -
Enhancing the production effect in memory: Singing, underlying mechanisms, and applications
(2018-02-05)The production effect is the finding that memory performance is better for words that are produced (i.e., read aloud) compared to words that are not produced (i.e., read silently). This dissertation aimed to expand previous ... -
Enhancing the Reliability of Functional MRI and Magnetoencephalography for Presurgical Mapping
(2015)Pre-surgical mapping has become a crucial tool in the preparation and planning for brain tumor resection since the development of widely available non-invasive imaging technologies like functional magnetic resonance ... -
Ennui et taedium vitae chez la femme au siecle des lumieres.
(Dalhousie University, 2007) -
Ensemble Learning for Visual Recognition
(2016-09-06)Due to the widespread availability of affordable mobile cameras and popularity of social networking, a large variety of visual-based applications are emerging. These diverse applications have attracted many researchers and ... -
An Ensemble Regression Approach For OCR Error Correction
(2017-04-11)This thesis deals with the problem of error correction for Optical Character Recognation (OCR) generated text, or OCR-postprocessing: how to detect error words in a text generated from OCR process and to suggest the most ... -
An Ensemble Sentiment Classification System of Twitter Data for Airline Services Analysis
(2015-04-06)In airline service industry, it is difficult to collect data about customers' feedback by questionnaires, but Twitter provides a sound data source for them to do customer sentiment analysis. However, little research has ... -
Entrainment of circadian rhythms in mice by daily bouts of food availability: Analysis of neural gene expression patterns.
(Dalhousie University, 2004) -
Entropy and the Monitoring Problem
(2015)Entropy is a well-known quantity that is used to describe verious phenomena in physics and information theory. Like energy or information, entropy cannot be measured directly and traditionally is used to describe the ... -
Environ(mental) Architecture: How Architecture Shapes Our Mental Health Through the Use of Public Space
(2019-04-05)This thesis examines the potential of architecture to improve mental health through the design of public space. To determine the programmatic needs of a site, this document uses a human perception framework to analyze the ... -
Environment assessment by tadpoles and factors affecting anuran metamorphosis.
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ENVIRONMENT-DEPENDENT CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF MUTATION IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
(2012-05-01)Environmental effects on mutation have been documented for many years but have concentrated on agents that directly interact with DNA. Mutation research in its early history investigated a variety of more mundane ... -
Environmental Assessment Through Comprehensive Studies and Review Panel Process Options Under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act: A Comparative Review of Public Influence in the EA Process
(2012-12-11)Public participation is a central objective of environmental assessment process and a means by which the concerns and interests of the public are considered before a project proceeds. However, there have always been concerns ... -
Environmental control of phytoplankton size distribution.
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON THE GENERATION OF SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES IN ARCTIC FIORDS: AN EXAMPLE FROM PANGNIRTUNG FIORD, EASTERN BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT
(2022-04-28)High-latitude fiords are susceptible to hazardous submarine and subaerial mass movements. Landslide ages calculated from radiocarbon dating and 210Pb/137Cs activities indicate that 8 of the 11 dated landslides are younger ... -
Environmental Education Network: Developing a Frame to Grow Ecological Literacy In Edmonton, Alberta
(2021-07-09)This thesis explores environmental education as a network that connects urban and natural environments to encourage transformation towards a more inquisitive and nature integrated society. A study of environmental education, ... -
Environmental Health Inequities : Low-Income Mothers' Negotiation of Health in a Low-Income Urban Neighborhood
(2010-01)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between health and the urban environment as it is experienced and negotiated by low-income mothers within the context of everyday family life. The research questions ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA: A CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ASSESSMENT
(2016-08-16)Crude oil has been the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy and the major GDP since its commercial production in 1958 at Oloibiri. The unsustainable processes, human activities, obsolete equipment and laws involved in harnessing ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON THE MARINE MIGRATION OF ARCTIC CHAR AND BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS SPP.)
(2015)Environmental influences on the marine migration of Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus and brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis were determined by correlating movements, habitat use and diving behaviours to distance traveled from ...