Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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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). ... -
Exploring the postnatal care experience & the opportunity of mHealth to improve psychosocial outcomes: The development of Essential Coaching for Every Mother
(2021-04-05)Introduction: After birth, some women struggle with low self-efficacy and social support and higher rates of anxiety and depression. Some women also find this a challenging time to access quality information and support. ... -
Exploring the Potential of the Native Microbial Consortium in Municipal Organics Composts for Biodegradation of Plastic Wastes
(2018-08-27)One of the biggest challenges to the compost industries is plastic contamination. Microorganisms have been reported to have the potential to decompose plastics. A research using next generation amplicon sequencing was ... -
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURAL IDENTITY, HEALTH, and SOCIAL SUPPORT with an ABORIGINAL WOMEN’S HAND DRUM GROUP
(2016-03-21)Aboriginal women’s hand drumming on reserve and the relationship with cultural identity, health and social support were explored using an Indigenous approach. Seven Mi’gmaq women from the Pugwales hand drum group shared ... -
Exploring the Relationship Between Culture and Health on Nigerian Food Blogs
(2021-05-05)This study explores the relationship between culture and health on Nigerian food blogs through content and componential analysis. I sought to understand what elements constitute certain dishes, such as the staple of “soup” ... -
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC INSECURITY AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
(2015-04-06)This dissertation examines the relationship between economic insecurity and health outcomes for Canadians age 25 to 64 using the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) - a longitudinal dataset. Chapter 2 examines the ... -
Exploring the Relationship Between Orthographic Processing and Word Reading
(2013-08-26)Relationships between various types of orthographic processing and word reading were explored in a sample of 90 second and third grade students in a one and a half year longitudinal study. Participants were administered ... -
Exploring the Relationships Between Healthy Active Living Marketing and Family Eating and Physical Activity Perceptions and Behaviours
(2010-08-17)Canada’s obesogenic environment is host to the advironment, which bombards children with advertisements for soft drinks, fast foods, confectionary, cereals and savory snacks (‘the Big 5’). Television is the primary media ... -
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF ATTENTIONAL WITHDRAWAL IN ITEM-METHOD DIRECTED FORGETTING THROUGH VISUAL SEARCH
(2023-04-04)We embedded a serial and pop-out visual search into the study phase of an item-method directed forgetting paradigm to assess attentional availability following instructions to remember (R) or forget (F). Study words were ... -
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIAL CHOLESTEROL IN NIEMANN-PICK TYPE C DISEASE
(2016-01-19)Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in Npc1 or Npc2 gene. Npc1 and Npc2 encode a late-endosomal transmembrane and lumenal cholesterol-binding domain ... -
EXPLORING THE ROLES OF TRPML3 IN TNBC PROLIFERATION, MIGRATION, AND BIOENERGETICS
(2024-04-15)Despite advances in diagnosis and cancer therapy, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains the deadliest subtype of breast cancer. This high mortality rate is largely attributed to a lack of comprehensive understanding ... -
Exploring the Sensorimotor Network Using Functional Connectivity and Graph Theory
(2014-08-22)Background: Performing a motor task activates the sensorimotor network. Functional connectivity (FC) analysis can determine connections between distinct neural regions of a network. Graph theory can then be applied to ... -
Exploring the Structures and Processes Needed to Support the Development of Collaboration Amongst Public Health Nurses, Family Practice Nurses, and Nurse Practitioners who Work in Breastfeeding Support and Promotion
(2011-12-21)Community health nurses, like all other health professionals, are being called to develop new clinical practices based on collaboration and are faced with the demands of working both interprofessionally and interorganizationally ... -
EXPLORING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND UNDERLYING MECHANISMS IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
(2023-07-25)Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive incurable disease with unclear etiology. Primary cause of death in PAH patients is right (-sided) heart failure, occurring as a direct consequence of ... -
Exploring the use of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate as a treatment for adults with bulimia nervosa: A quantitative and qualitative assessment
(2021-08-26)As part of an open-label eight-week feasibility trial examining the use of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (LDX) for BN, I conducted a mixed-methods sub-project to investigate whether eating disorder symptoms and measures of ...
