Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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The Eudemonic City: Architectural Principles for Urban Well-Bring
(2018-04-06)Emerging cross-disciplinary research between psychology, neuroscience and architecture is informing perspectives on urbanism and the built environment. Better understandings of ‘happiness’ and its measurement have given ... -
Eulerian and Lagrangian Studies of Circulation on the Scotian Shelf and Adjacent Deep Waters of the North Atlantic with Biological Implications
(2016-08-30)A thorough understanding of circulation and hydrography over the eastern Canadian Shelf remains a major challenge within the field of physical oceanography. Reliable predictions of physical oceanic conditions are of great ... -
EUPHAUSIID ECOLOGY AND WATER MASS ASSOCIATIONS IN ROSEWAY BASIN MEASURED FROM AN OCEAN GLIDER
(2017-12-08)The goal of this thesis is to quantify spatial and temporal variation in the concentration and distribution of zooplankton, with an emphasis on euphausiid krill, in Roseway Basin, on the Scotian Shelf. We used an autonomous ... -
EVALUATING A MICROBIAL COMMUNITY THROUGH FEATURE MATCHING AND GRAPH TOPOLOGY
(2012-12-17)Metagenomics, the sequencing of DNA from environmental samples, has enabled the study of cohabiting microorganisms with a single sequencing experiment. This requires algorithms and techniques specific to metagenomics: Since ... -
EVALUATING AN ONLINE, SELF-ADMINISTERED STUDENT WELL-BEING AND RESILIENCE PROGRAM
(2023-04-06)Intro: Post-secondary students need accessible, high-quality e-mental health services now more than ever. Q-Life is an evidence-informed, online, self-directed well-being and resilience program that is highly accessible. ... -
Evaluating bio indicator response to recovery from anthropogenic acid deposition in a drinking water source in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2022-04-13)Little is known about the biological response to anthropogenic acidification in Atlantic Canada. A multi-proxy paleolimnological investigation of Pockwock Lake, the main drinking water supply for the City of Halifax, was ... -
Evaluating Canola (Brassica napus) Meal and Juncea (Brassica juncea) Meal With or Without Supplemental Enzymes for Two Commercial Strains of Laying Hens
(2013-04-11)Two trials compared the effects of canola meal (CM) and juncea meal (JM) with and without dietary enzyme supplementation, on production performance, egg quality, bone quality and liver health characteristics of white- ... -
Evaluating Common-Sense Reasoning in Pretrained Transformer-Based Language Models Using Adversarial Schemas and Consistency Metrics
(2023-04-14)In artificial intelligence, common sense refers to simple acts of verbal reasoning. The Winograd Schema Challenge (WSC), an important test of common sense, was recently defeated by transformer-based language models. We ... -
Evaluating Compost Feedstock Amendments and Decomposition Dynamics with European Green Crabs
(2021-08-04)Two studies were carried out using Carcinus maenas to evaluate different feedstocks for composting with green crab (GC) biomass, including a sawdust (SD)-based carbon source with a mass ratio of 1:2 and a straw (SW)-based ... -
Evaluating Degradation Mechanisms in Next-generation Electrode Chemistries
(2021-12-17)Electrode degradation is one of the major obstacles hindering the implementation of new electrode chemistries into practical batteries. In this thesis, studies regarding the electrode degradation of some next-generation ... -
EVALUATING ECOSYSTEM-LEVEL BENTHIC EFFECTS OF FINFISH AQUACULTURE IN COASTAL NOVA SCOTIA
(2021-08-13)Increased production of finfish aquaculture in coastal ecosystems is leading to greater concerns of the spatiotemporal effects of benthic organic enrichment. While the effects of organic enrichment have been studied ... -
Evaluating foliar fungicide efficacy, sensitivty and persistence to improve management of wild blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) foliar diseases
(2023-08-31)Wild blueberry foliar pathogens Thekopsora minima and Sphaerulina vaccinii, indirectly reduce wild blueberry yields. Determining alternative fungicide options for wild blueberry growers is required due to deregistration ... -
EVALUATING HABITAT AND HABITAT USE BY AMERICAN EEL (ANGUILLA ROSTATA)/KATEW IN THE BRAS D’OR LAKE /PITU’PAQ ESTUARY USING BENTHOSCAPE MAPS AND ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY
(2022-06-29)The American eel/Katew is a culturally significant and endangered species that has faced population declines on a global scale. The Bras d’Or Lake (BdOL)/Pitu’paq, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, offers a unique environment for ... -
EVALUATING INHIBITION OF DNA METHYLATION AND ALDH1A3 AS BREAST CANCER THERAPIES
(2020-09-01)Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among Canadian women. Patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) have poor prognoses, with inherently more aggressive disease and limited treatment options. New ... -
Evaluating Internships: Lessons Learned from Two Experiences
(2014-09-04)This thesis is an evaluation of two internships undertaken by the author in Halifax, Canada and Beijing, China. It includes a portfolio of research prepared during the internships. The papers are critically reviewed, a ... -
Evaluating Naphthalene Sorption to Cement-Based Solidification/Stabilization Additives
(2010-09-09)Solidification/Stabilization (S/S) is a low cost remedial technology that is being used with success to remediate sites that contain higher molecular weight organic compounds, leading to a need to research the interaction ... -
Evaluating Particle Migration Through A Geotextile Filter Cake Using Fluorescent Microspheres
(2023-05-21)Viable dewatering techniques are an effective method to manage large volumes of contaminated, high-water content dredged sediments but the passing of small particles with attached organic contaminants during dewatering can ... -
EVALUATING PREDICTIVE METABOLIC MODELLING TOOLS USING MICROBIOME SEQUENCING-METABOLOMIC DATA
(2021-12-16)Metabolomic technologies have been utilized increasingly in tandem with sequencing technologies in microbiome studies. Combined microbiome-metabolome approaches have fueled the discovery of many convincing associations ... -
Evaluating Risk Factors for Major Head Injuries in Nova Scotia: A Population-Based Study
(2011-04-12)Background: Examining factors unique to major head injury (HI) etiogenesis can help reduce the burden of injury by identifying factors amenable to prevention. Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of HI in Nova Scotia. ... -
EVALUATING SIMPLE REACTIVE AGENTS IN VISUAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TASKS
(2023-08-25)Visual formulations of reinforcement learning tasks are potentially challenging because (1) the state space is large and composed from pixels (so unlikely to be directly correlated with actions), (2) the underlying task ...