Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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EXPLORING THE GENETICS OF AROMA PRODUCTION IN APPLES
(2022-08-22)Apple aroma is a major determinant of consumer acceptability. In order to better understand the aroma of apples, gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry (GCMS) was used to quantify apple volatiles across 515 apple varieties ... -
Exploring the Impact of Asymmetrical Interfaces on Presence and Group Awareness in Mixed Reality Collaborative Environments
(2018-12-18)Mixed Reality (MR) can be used for mixed presence collaboration by connecting physical and virtual worlds to create an integrated space: remote collaborators connect virtually to a physical workspace inhabited by collocated ... -
Exploring the impact of blurred boundaries in teleworkers.
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Exploring the Impact of Bubble Strategies on the Spread of Infectious Diseases
(2023-08-29)The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a great deal of scientific interest in strategies to effectively deal with epidemics. Compartmental models, such as the Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Removed (SEIR) model, ... -
Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 on Students' Use of Smartphones for Leisure Coping
(2021-08-04)Leisure coping among post-secondary students is important for maintaining good mental health, and smartphones have been found to play a role in coping. Little is known about the use of smartphones for leisure coping or the ... -
Exploring the Impact of Culturally Specific Community-Driven Programs on the Life Journey of African Nova Scotians
(2015)There has been minimal qualitative research conducted with Canadians of African Descent and further, African Nova Scotians (ANS). Moreover, there has never before been research that explores the impacts of culturally ... -
EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF DIFFUSION AND CHEMOTAXIS IN SPATIAL PATTERNS IN A MALARIA EPIDEMIC PDE MODEL: A TURING ANALYSIS
(2023-12-20)The Ross model has been pivotal in studying malaria transmission dynamics, yet its limitations in describing parasite dispersal and other crucial factors hinder comprehensive control strategies. In this paper, we introduce ... -
Exploring the Implications of Permission Changes and Users’ Needs in Google Play Store
(2016-04-08)Smartphones in the recent years have become the ubiquitous devices that offer diverse sets of functionalities and supplant the use of traditional computers. It becomes apart of people’s everyday life. Android uses a ... -
EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF RACE AND WEIGHT IN THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF BLACK CANADIANS
(2023-08-17)Despite perceptions of Canada as an inclusive nation, hegemony is enacted through institutions of the nation state and serves to oppress specific populations. For Black populations in Canada, oppression is often operationalized ... -
Exploring the learning experiences of registered nurses who are actively working with children with intellectual disabilities
(2020-08-28)This study explored the learning experiences of registered nurses when caring for children with intellectual disabilities (IDs), how they provided best and evidence-based care to children with IDs and any recommendations ... -
Exploring the link between Input-Output subtypes of spatial neglect and prism adaptation mechanism
(2023-10-22)Spatial neglect is a complex neurocognitive syndrome predicting greater chronic disability after stroke and other acquired brain injuries. The heterogeneity of neglect symptomatology poses challenges for assessment and ... -
Exploring the lived experience of adults using prescriptions opioids to manage chronic non-cancer pain
(2012-08-27)The use of prescription opioids for chronic non-cancer pain is complex. Opioids have the potential to alleviate discomfort and increase ones overall ability to function but, long term use also has potential physical and ... -
Exploring the lived experiences of occupational balance among mature graduate students: An interpretative phenomenological analaysis
(2024-04-12)Introduction: Occupational balance (OB) is a multidimensional concept that describes balancing occupations in terms of obligatory and chosen activities that can impact wellbeing. Purpose: This study aimed to better understand ... -
Exploring The Mental Health of Post-Secondary Students Following The Release of The 'In It Together 2020' Framework
(2023-12-14)Post-secondary student mental health is not just a post-secondary education concern; it is a far greater societal problem that needs to be addressed through systemic improvements. As students continue to grapple with the ... -
EXPLORING THE MOTIVATIONS, EXPERIENCES, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE MOVING INTO RURAL NOVA SCOTIA
(2015)The presence or absence of young people in a rural place is one indicator of the overall state of the community. Many rural communities in Canada are experiencing high rates of out-migration of people under 30, causing ... -
Exploring the nature and impact of word endings as orthographic cues to lexical stress in English
(2018-04-27)Lexical stress, which refers to the pattern of emphasis across syllables in a word, is central to the phonology and identity of multisyllabic words in English. As such, establishing how readers process stress in written ... -
Exploring the Nature and Transfer of Orthographic Learning within the Self-Teaching Hypothesis
(2024-03-28)The transition to being a skilled, fluent reader is an important focus of early education and, as such, of research on reading development. A prominent theory, the self-teaching hypothesis (Share, 2008), describes how this ... -
Exploring the Phylogenetic Diversity of Phagotrophic Euglenids
(2021-05-05)Euglenids are a widespread, complex group of flagellated, single-celled eukaryotes. The majority of described species are phototrophic forms, yet a large portion of the phylogenetic diversity is composed of phagotrophs, ... -
Exploring the Possible Impacts of a Guaranteed Livable Income on Low Income Women with Disabilities in Nova Scotia: A Grounded Theory Analysis
(2024-04-09)Women with disabilities are more likely rely on income assistance than women without disabilities or men with disabilities. In Nova Scotia, income assistance rates fall significantly below the poverty line, placing women ... -
EXPLORING THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF C3aR LIGATION ON INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS
(2014-08-22)There is growing evidence that complement is activated during inflammatory gastrointestinal disease but there is a deficit in our understanding of roles the anaphylatoxin C3a may have on intestinal epithelial cells (IECs). ...