Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Evaluating Textual Annotations with Interactive 3D Models
(2013-08-27)Annotations play a key role in explaining and elaborating 3D illustrations. They support users in identifying and establishing a visual link between different components within a 3D model. However, one major issue with ... -
Evaluating the Effect of a Diluent Composed of Biodiesel and Diesel on the Efficacy of the Wood Preservative Creosote
(2018-09-12)The goal of this project was to evaluate the effect of a diluent as a co-solvent in the wood preservative creosote. The diluent was composed of 80% soybean biodiesel and 20% petroleum diesel. Three main experiments were ... -
Evaluating the Effect of Biodiesel on the Efficacy of the Wood Preservative Copper Naphthenate
(2014-04-04)The efficacy of biodiesel as a co-solvent for copper naphthenate wood preservative treating solutions was evaluated using two fungal decay methodologies (AWPA E10-09, British Standard Method EN113). Four fungal species ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an 8-week Intervention for Reducing Sedentary Time and Increasing Physical Activity Levels for People with Acquired Brain Injury
(2023-07-19)Nova Scotia Health designed the Physical Activity After Acquired Brain Injury (PABI) program to improve the movement behaviours and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people with acquired brain injury (ABI). It was ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Visualization Design for Twitter Conversations on Academic Topics
(2016-01-05)Our research focuses on evaluating the efficiency of the combination of the computed scores and visual representations of features. W conducted a two-phased user study. The first phase were designed to determine the important ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES ON SURGEONS’ AVAILABILITY TO OPERATE: A COMPUTER SIMULATION APPROACH
(2012-04-04)Surgical services contribute to a large proportion of a hospital’s costs and revenues thus it is important to understand key performance drivers so that resources can be distributed in an informed way. Organizational ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES ON SURGEONS’ AVAILABILITY TO OPERATE: A COMPUTER SIMULATION APPROACH
(2011-12-16)Surgical services contribute to a large proportion of a hospital’s costs and revenues thus it is important to understand key performance drivers so that resources can be distributed in an informed way. Organizational ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CANADIAN PORT SECTOR
(2021-04-12)Ports are critical connecting nodes in Canada’s resource-based economy that have adverse environmental and social impacts. Despite being federal entities, the Canada Port Authorities (CPAs) inconsistently report sustainability ... -
Evaluating the Energy Security Risks and Barriers to Electric Vehicle Adoption in Nova Scotia
(2020-12-15)As jurisdictions seek to pursue transportation-based emissions reductions, they face the challenge of electrifying the vehicles that operate within them. In this work, jurisdiction-generic methods are defined for analyzing ... -
Evaluating the Environmental Impacts of Conventional and Organic Apple Production in Nova Scotia, Canada, Through Life Cycle Assessment
(2013-08-19)Agricultural production and post-harvest supply systems are major causes of resource and energy consumption throughout the world, with associated emissions contributing to global scale environmental burdens. Focusing on ... -
EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM CAMELINA SATIVA
(2016-08-08)Camelina sativa has recently attracted great interest as an energy crop for biodiesel production in North America. To assess the feasibility of biodiesel production from camelina grown in Nova Scotia, fuel properties of ... -
EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PACKER MANAGING FATIGUE PROGRAM IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE: A MIXED METHOD PILOT RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
(2022-03-15)Management of fatigue has been identified as an unmet need in Parkinson’s disease (PD) care. To address this gap, this study evaluated the feasibility of conducting a future full-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) of ... -
Evaluating the Optimal In Vitro Transport Conditions for PBPK Modeling of OAT1 Involvement in Renal Drug Clearance
(2019-11-28)Predicting pharmacokinetics of drug transporter substrates using PBPK modeling requires accurate transport kinetics in vitro. It is unclear what effect incubation time has on transport kinetics under initial zero-trans ... -
Evaluating the Parent-Adolescent Communication Toolkit: Usability, measure assessment and preliminary content effectiveness
(2014-11-03)This study aimed to assess the usability and preliminary effectiveness of the Parent-Adolescent Communication Toolkit (PACT), an online intervention designed to improve parents’ communication with their adolescents. The ... -
EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL OF USING FOOD-GRADE WASTES TO ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY OF MIXOTROPHIC SPECIES OF ALGAE.
(2023-04-13)Microalgae industries can produce a large variety of valuable products but are limited by high production costs. Mixotrophic growth, when paired with high-nutrient waste products, provides a solution which can reduce costs ... -
Evaluating the Role of the COP9 Signalosome and Neddylation during Cytokinesis and in Response to DNA Damage
(2021-01-07)The covalent attachment of the ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8 via lysine residues on target proteins, termed neddylation, regulates the activity and stability of numerous proteins, particularly through regulating the activity ... -
Evaluating vital components of elasmobranch assessment and spatial conservation
(2019-08-27)Elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) have been important predators in marine ecosystems for over 400 million years. However, many species experience an elevated risk of extinction today due to the effects of fishing and ...