Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ACOUSTO-OPTIC METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHOTOELASTIC TENSOR ELEMENTS IN GLASS
(2021-12-13)Glass is an amorphous solid and in a stress-free environment exhibits isotropic optical properties. When such a material is placed under stress the optical properties become anisotropic. Glass can be characterized by its ... -
IMPLEMENTATION OF FILTERING BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS FOR SONAR DEVICES USING GPU
(2013-07-16)Beamforming is a signal processing technique used in sensor arrays to direct signal transmission or reception. Beamformer combines input signals in the array to achieve constructive interference at particular angles (beams) ... -
Implementation of the Two-Scale Approximation in an Operational Wave Model
(2011-12-16)Accurate evaluation of the non-linear wave-wave energy transfer requires a significant proportion of the computation time of ocean wave models. The Discrete Interaction Approximation (DIA) developed within the first ... -
Implementing Causal Inference in Ecology Through the Structural Causal Model (SCM) Framework
(2022-12-12)Ecologists are often interested in understanding causal relationships from ecological data. However, developed methods for causal inference, particularly for observational-based studies are often not taught or applied in ... -
IMPLEMENTING CHAPTER 9 OF THE TRI-COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT ON THE ETHICS OF RESEARCH INVOLVING ABORIGINAL PEOPLES IN CANADA: HOW’S THAT GOING?
(2015)The second edition of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans was introduced in 2010 along with Chapter 9, titled ‘Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples of ... -
Implementing Multiple Sources of Evidence to Describe Wildlife-Road Interactions in the Chignecto Isthmus Region of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada
(2019-12-17)Roads impact wildlife through direct vehicle-caused mortality as well as through indirect effects of habitat degradation and fragmentation. These effects are of particular concern in areas important to wildlife movements, ... -
IMPLEMENTING RADIOSTEREOMETRIC ANALYSIS IN A LOW DOSE BIPLANAR SLOT SCANNER
(2016-01-18)Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition affecting young adolescents in which the proximal femoral metaphysis 'slips' in relation to the capital epiphysis. If left untreated, children are at an increased ... -
Implementing science in environmental assessment - a review of theory
(2017-03-29)Despite a growing body of literature addressing the scientific requirements of competent environmental assessment (EA), practice remains contested. This study aims first to provide an overview of scientific developments ... -
The Implications of Predator Management for an Endangered Shorebird; Do Nest Exclosures Affect the Behaviour of Piping Plovers and their Predators?
(2012-09-14)Predators are a threat to many ground-nesting shorebirds, although it remains largely unknown how they interact with passive predator management techniques such as nest exclosures. I examined the effects of nest exclosures ... -
Implications of the Innate Immune Response in Tuberculosis and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
(2014-08-06)Reactivation of latent tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-infected individuals has arisen as a major contributor to early death in areas where TB and HIV overlap. CD4+ T cells are the targets of HIV, leading to insufficient IFN-γ ... -
Implicit and Explicit Gambling Outcome Expectancies: Activation by Gambling Cue Exposure and Utility in Predicting Gambling Outcomes
(2014-08-28)Outcome expectancies are mental “if...then” propositions that make connections between behaviour and anticipated consequences. Despite their theoretical significance in addictive behaviours, a paucity of research has ... -
The importance of conformation in the reactivity of radical cations.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF OSMO-MIXOTROPHY IN THE NUTRITION OF THE DIATOM THALASSIOSIRA OCEANICA UNDER IRON LIMITATION
(2018-09-28)This thesis addresses the potential for osmo-mixotrophy within the diatom species Thalassiosira oceanica under iron-limited and iron-replete conditions. Urea can provide both carbon and nitrogen to fulfill the cellular ... -
The importance of pricing: a microeconomic theory of multinational behaviour under trade barriers
(Dalhousie University, 1976-07-20)This thesis develops a theoretical model of a multinational enterprise (MNE) consisting of two horizontally integrated firms, both monopolists in their own markets. The MNE is assumed to maximize total profits; hire labor ... -
The importance of transfer pricing : a microeconomic theory of multinational behaviour under trade barriers.
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Imprints of the Everyday: Architecture for Incremental Interventions
(2021-08-19)Urban erasure, as a result of tabula rasa redevelopments and the privatization of public spaces within London, are wiping out the idiosyncratic imprints of the city’s inhabitants. Through unfolding the power of ephemeral ... -
Improved Artificial Potential Field Method for Robotic Path Planning
(2020-12-18)Determination of a collision free path for a robot between start and goal positions through obstacles cluttered in a workspace is central to the design of an autonomous robot path planning. This thesis presents an improved ...