Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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PASSIVE ACOUSTIC SHIP DETECTION PERFORMANCE NEAR THE PORT OF SEPT-ÎLES, QUEBEC, CANADA
(2022-11-15)An AMAR acoustic recorder was deployed near the Port of Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada in the Fall of 2020 and collected one year of data. Vessels were detected using narrowband tonals. Sound pressure level (SPL) for each minute ... -
Passive Samplers and qPCR Analysis: A Potential Detection Method for Cyanobacteria in Drinking Water Sources
(2022-08-16)The synergistic effects of climate change and lake recovery are expected to increase the intensity and frequency of cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (HABs) in surface waters. Many drinking water sources experience HABs ... -
Passive Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage from a Sulphidic Coalfield
(2023-08-30)An ongoing concern is acid mine drainage (AMD) from abandoned sulphidic mines in the Sydney coalfield, which threatens local water bodies and fishing industries if left untreated. This work focuses on evaluating the ... -
PASSIVELY ADAPTIVE TIDAL TURBINE BLADES: DESIGN METHODOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING
(2016-08-05)Composite tidal turbine blades with bend-twist (BT) coupled layups allow the blade to self-adapt to local site conditions by passively twisting to reduce the angle of incoming flow (feathering). Passive feathering has the ... -
PAST PENTHOUSE PORNOGRAPHY: A STUDY OF SEXUAL HEALTH AND YOUTH’S CONSUMPTION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT INTERNET MOVIES
(2013-04-30)Sexually Explicit Internet Movies (SEIM) have emerged as a frequently accessed sexual resource by youth; however, SEIM’s potential influences on youth’s sexual health remains an understudied area. This study aimed to develop ... -
Path Planning Models for Mobile Anchor-Assisted Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks
(2018-04-02)As event detection is one of the main purposes of using wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the location of nodes is essential to determine the location of an event when it occurs. Many localization models have been proposed ... -
The Path to Recovery: Accessing Ruins of the Gulf War to Reveal the Lost Narratives of Failaka Island
(2017-08-15)The Gulf War is a tragic moment in Kuwait history, which brought about massive physical, cultural and environmental loss. Memorialization facilitates the processing of trauma through storytelling and can assess the values ... -
THE PATHOS OF KNOWLEDGE: ON THE DIALECTICAL PLAY OF UNITY AND GOODNESS IN PLATO’S STATESMAN
(2022-12-16)In Statesman, Plato stages a dialectical approach on one of his ‘unwritten doctrines,’ “that the good is one,” in the voice of his literary creation, the Eleatic Visitor. Though the dialogue begins by positing political ... -
The pathways involved in cytochrome P450 regulation during LPS-induced central nervous system and peripheral inflammation.
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Patient Education Based on Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations to Improve Shared Decision Making in Healthcare Using Semantic Web Technology
(2012-06-27)Patient education and evidence-based clinical practice are two important issues with respect to improving health outcomes. However, there is a “communication gap” between physicians and patients at the point of care. To ... -
Patient Safety Law: Regulatory Change in Britain and Canada
(2010-09-09)Did governments in different countries regulate common concerns about patient safety differently? If so how and why did they do this? This thesis undertakes a historical comparison of the regulation of patient safety in ... -
PATIENT SPECIFIC PIXEL-BASED WEIGHTING FACTOR DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM
(2018-08-28)This thesis investigates the development and implementation of a novel patient specific pixel-based weighting factor algorithm for dual-energy x-ray imaging. The first chapter of this thesis is an introduction on the ... -
Patient-Specific Collision Zones for 4π Trajectory Optimized Radiation Therapy
(2020-08-17)This thesis presents a system that determined patient-specific collision zones (CZs) to enable safe and deliverable non-coplanar treatment trajectories for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) patients. Full body ... -
PATIENT-SPECIFIC PATTERNS OF PASSIVE AND DYNAMIC KNEE JOINT MECHANICS BEFORE AND AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
(2013-07-24)Disregard for patient-specific joint-level variability may be related to decreased functional ability, poor implant longevity and dissatisfaction post-TKA. The purpose of this study was to, 1) compare pre and post-implant ... -
Patients' experience of occupational therapy discharge preparation
(2016-04-01)Discharge planning is intended to assist hospitalized patients returning home. Occupational therapists play an important role in interdisciplinary discharge planning by assisting with the identification of potential barriers ... -
Patriot jurist: Beamish Murdoch of Halifax, 1800-1876.
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
Pattern Formation in Atherosclerotic Plaques
(2019-08-14)Atherosclerosis is a disease of the cardiovascular system of humans that can lead to myocardial infarction and stroke. It begins in the arterial walls (intima) as an inflammatory response to dysfunction of the endothelium ...
