Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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A Few Square Meters: Blurring Boundaries and Designing for Urban Density in Hong Kong
(2022-04-13)A few square meters. This is the amount of space most Hong Kong residents can call their own in one of the most densely populated cities in the world. This thesis will aim to re-imagine these ‘few square meters’, in the ... -
Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) for Force Sensing in Biomechanics Applications
(2019-08-28)Fiber Optic (FO) sensors are robust, cheap, immune to electromagnetic interference (EMI) and compact, resulting in their high usability in harsh environments. Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) based sensors have emerged as a popular ... -
Fibre optic applications for dissolved carbon dioxide monitoring of marine geologic sequestration sites.
(2016-06-06)Abstract Marine-based Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) has the potential to reduce the rate at which CO2 is added to the atmosphere thereby contributing to the mitigation potential for anthropogenic climate ... -
Field adsorption of hydrogen on metal surfaces.
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Field adsorption, desorption and evaporation.
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Field Guide to an Urban Nature: Designing for ecological democracy on McNabs Island
(2017-05-12)In the middle of the city and on the edge of the ocean, McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park is an expansive protected area in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada’s largest metropolitan area. Given its location at ... -
Field to Furnace - A Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Growing Switchgrass on Inactive and Underused Farmland in Nova Scotia for the Residential Heating Market
(2012-08-28)Energy crops may present an opportunity to reduce Nova Scotia’s Greenhouse Gas emissions by offsetting fossil fuel use and provide economic benefits for farmers. They have also received government policy support. To ... -
Field-edge planting to deter white-tailed deer and attract carabid beetles in soybean fields
(2014-09-02)In many cropping systems, farmers have to contend with invertebrate and vertebrate pests, but there have been few attempts to employ Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies and tactics that simultaneously manage these ... -
Field-Scale Evaluation of Drinking Water Biofiltration
(2017-04-06)Natural organic matter (NOM) is a complex mixture of organic material ubiquitous in natural waters. NOM can affect nearly all aspects of drinking water treatment. It can exert a demand on treatment chemicals, promote ... -
Fields and Flows: Harmonizing Township Development with Riverine Health Through the Local Industrial Use and Cycling of Sedimentary Materials
(2022-12-16)As hydrosocial creatures, rivers and streams are intimately connected to our existence and are strongly influenced by fragmentation and flow disruption. Across the globe, waterways are depleting at alarming rates; since ... -
‘FIGHTING IN THE DARK’: CHARLES FREDERICK FRASER AND THE HALIFAX ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND, 1850 - 1915
(2011-08-19)The Halifax Asylum for the Blind, the first residential school for blind children in Canada, opened its doors in 1872 as a charitable institution with educational goals. This work explores the foundation of the Asylum in ... -
Fighting Stress With AI, Positive Psychology, and Persuasive Technology
(2023-07-24)Over the past years, researchers in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) have dedicated their efforts to designing interactive systems that are both useful and usable across various domains. The health domain, in ... -
THE FINANCIAL SECTOR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN NON-OECD COUNTRIES: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
(2013-04-08)This paper examines the role of the financial sector in the development of renewable energy generation in non-OECD countries. A panel dataset of 156 countries is constructed from 1980-2006. The estimations suggest a positive ... -
FIND A SPOT: USING HEAT MAP TO REPRESENT INDOOR SPACE AVAILABILITY
(2016-08-08)People find it challenging to locate unoccupied spots during peak hours in public places such as shopping mall food courts, libraries and airports. Users spend extra energy and time trying to locate these unoccupied spots. ... -
Find and Play: Fostering Creative Agency Through Making with Found Objects
(2023-08-02)This thesis is about our relationship to the objects around us: the things we make, use, and waste. It posits the need to take ownership over anthropic material through the act of making with found objects to reassign value ... -
FINDING BALANCE: IDENTIFYING WAYS TO IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF SURGICAL CARE TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
(2020-08-07)Children with autism spectrum disorder (hereafter, autism) interact with healthcare services more often than their peers, yet have poorer healthcare experiences and more unmet healthcare needs. Systematic research-based ... -
Finding Common Ground: The Monuments of Ramesses the Great and Urban Transformations
(2015)This thesis explores the potential of an urban transformation that negotiates between heritage and urban development. The subjects of this study are the monuments of Ramesses II in Abu Simbel, Egypt, which underwent an ... -
Finding Expert Users in Community Question Answering Services Using Topic Models
(2012-04-03)Community Question Answering (CQA) websites provide a rapidly growing source of information in many areas. In most CQA implementations there is little effort in directing new questions to the right group of experts. This ... -
Finding Order in Chaos: Accounting for Variation in Estimates of Suicidality Among Transgender Adults
(2015)This study, which uses a mixed methods design, within the framework of methodological triangulated design, examined the impact of 5 research variables (ethnicity, gender identity/sex at birth, education, suicidality ... -
Finding Peace and Reconciliation: Healing and Public Identity for the Black Nova Scotian Community in Halifax
(2021-07-13)Nova Scotia has a rich history that outlines the journey and contribution of the Black community from the founding of the province and, certainly, the country of Canada. Yet, the Black community in Nova Scotia has been ...