Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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LE SOURIRE FRANÇAIS DE POE : POE ET SES CONTES HUMORISTIQUES DANS LA PRESSE EN FRANCE – 1875-1899
(2019-05-01)During the nineteenth century critics and researchers of Edgar Poe, much as they still do today, often focused solely on the tales of ratiocination, horror, and science, particularly through the study of the translations ... -
Le Tour de Grand Pré: An Exploration of an UNESCO Heritage Landscape through Avian Ecology
(2022-04-12)Every year, millions of birds migrate long distances to find areas with plentiful food reserves and habitat to nest and rear their young. However, human development is rapidly diminishing bird habitat worldwide. This thesis ... -
LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENTS: A GEOMATIC APPROACH TO INTEGRATE COST AND WATER QUALITY AND STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM
(2021-01-07)Lead toxicity has been extensively studied in humans based on blood lead levels (BLLs). Scientists say there is no safe level of lead and that children are especially vulnerable since their bodies can absorb more of the ... -
LEAD-ACID BATTERY RESPONSE TO VARIOUS FORMATION LEVELS AND METHODS: DETERMINING THE OPTIMAL FORMATION LEVEL FOR OFF-GRID SOLAR APPLICATIONS
(2015)A significant number of people in the world are without electricity service, the majority of which are located in rural areas where extending the electricity grid is not economically feasible. Off-grid solar photovoltaic ... -
Leader-following consensus of Multi-agent system with communication constraints using Lyapunov based control
(2016-12-19)Wireless networked control systems possess many challenges to control engineers. These challenges include time delays, packet data dropouts, switching topology, noise, quantization errors. Time delays are almost ubiquitous ... -
LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION CULTURE: IMPACTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REMOTE WORKING AND TEACHING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
(2023-04-25)This thesis will examine the influence of leadership models and communication on organizational behavior and culture in the context of remote working and teaching in higher education. Understanding the impact of leadership ... -
A LEAP TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, EFFICIENT, AND STABLE PEROVSKITE PHOTODETECTORS
(2024-03-05)Metal halide perovskite (ABX3) is a material with the potential to revolutionize the photodetector industry because of its low cost, easy fabrication, and excellent optoelectronic properties. However, its toxicity, ... -
Learning Adaptive Deep Representations for Few-to-Medium Shot Image Classification
(2021-02-22)In real-world applications, the environment in which a machine learning system is deployed tends to change due to many factors, such as sample selection bias, prior probability mismatch, and domain shift. This makes it ... -
Learning dynamic stereotypes for effective autonomous agents.
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Learning Embeddings for Text and Images from Structure of the Data
(2019-06-25)In the big data era, most of the data generated every day are high dimensional such as text and image data. Learning compact representations from the input data can help in dealing with the high dimensionality and visualization ... -
Learning from Eelgrass: A Transformative Spa Experience to Restore Balance Between Humans and Nature
(2023-08-15)While the use of natural materials has proven to reduce embodied carbon emissions, the success of sustainable interventions ultimately depends on shifting the environmental ethos of humans. Here lies an important role for ... -
Learning from Land: Interweaving Traditions of Making along the Blue Nile
(2023-07-16)In Sudan, practices of agroforestry once created closed-loop cycles of production that harmoniously linked landscape, agriculture, craft, and architecture. However, these practices have largely been wiped out by past ... -
LEARNING FROM NATURE: AN ECO-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVED FOOD AND ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN THE PROVINCE OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA
(2013-11-20)Recently, one of the more significant measures on the part of the Cuban government to enhance resiliency of the existing economy was the announcement of a series of economic and social policy proposals referred to as ... -
Learning in Non-Stationary Environments
(2013-08-26)Real-world decision making is challenging due, in part, to changes in the underlying reward structure: the best option last week may be less rewarding today. Determining the best response is even more challenging when ... -
LEARNING LESSONS THROUGH EXPERIENCES WITH DISASTERS: Exploring Institutional Memory-Building and the Informing of Disaster Relief in Nova Scotia and Beyond
(2020-12-16)This thesis explores the central research question: how are lessons learned from experiences with disasters? Based on three case studies detailing Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office’s experiences responding to the ... -
Learning Optical Flow with Auxiliary Cost Aggregation
(2023-11-30)Optical flow represents motions for each pixel between two adjacent frames in a video sequence. Deep learning-based estimation approaches for optical flow have overshadowed the variational approaches over the past few ... -
Learning Stochastic Weight Masking to Resist Adversarial Attacks
(2019-12-02)Adding small perturbations to test images can drastically change the classification accuracy of machine learning models. These perturbed examples are called adversarial examples (Szegedy et al., 2013). Studying these ... -
Learning-Model Action Observation: An Investigation in Long-Term Motor Learning Outcomes
(2022-08-26)Early motor learning is driven by error commission and feedback during physical practice (PP). Motor learning can also be facilitated by action observation (AO), which classically involves observing a skilled model flawlessly ... -
LED OUT INTO A LARGER PLACE: REV. ERNEST CROSSLEY HUNTER AND THE PREACHING OF JEWISH~CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD INTO CANADA, 1928-1939
(2020-08-28)This thesis explores the preached theology of Rev. Ernest Crossley Hunter between 1928 and 1939 as a significant contribution to The United Church of Canada's efforts to respond to Canada's barring of Jewish refugees from ... -
LEEB HARDNESS TEST FOR ROCK JOINT WALL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH EVALUATION
(2021-07-20)The Joint Wall Compressive Strength (JCS) parameter introduced by Nick Barton significantly influences predictions of rock discontinuity shear strength but current methods in obtaining this parameter are insufficient. A ...