Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Research on Driving Forces of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Cement Production and Fossil Fuel Combustion in China
(2014-08-25)As China has become the biggest emitter of greenhouse gas in the world, it is important to investigate factors affecting CO2 emissions and how these vary with growth in China. A Tier 1 IPCC method is used to estimate CO2 ... -
RESEARCH ON VIDEO OBJECT PLANE WITH APPLICATION IN TELEOPERATIONS
(2013-04-30)Teleoperations is a significant field in robotics research; its applications range from emergency rooms in hospitals to space station orbiting the Earth to Mars rovers scavenging the red planet for microscopic life. We ... -
"Researching the devils": A study of brokerage at the Indian residential school, Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia.
(Dalhousie University, 1997) -
RESETTLEMENT CHALLENGES AND GENDER: A CASE STUDY OF LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2011-01-04)This Master’s level research project investigates how gender shapes the resettlement challenges that liberian refugees have faced in Nova Scotia. The study investigates the impact of the reframing of gender relations during ... -
Resettlement: Using Place-Based Architecture to Create Modern Agricultural Communities
(2020-04-30)Suburbanization has homogenized the development and organization of rural communities in North America and around the globe. By focusing primarily on providing automotive circulation characterized by low population density, ... -
The Reshaping of Aid Effectiveness Policies in the International, Canadian, and Tanzanian Contexts
(2012-03-21)This dissertation explores the extent to which transnational policies can change the international development bureaucracy. Over the last decade, significant resources were invested to integrate aid effectiveness policies ... -
Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems for Renewable Energy Integration and Peak Shaving
(2012-08-24)Renewable energy integration will become a significant issue as renewable penetration levels increase, and will require new generation support infrastructure; Energy storage provides one solution to this issue. Specifically, ... -
Residential Sector Energy and GHG Emissions Model for the Assessment of New Technologies
(2010-08-17)Worldwide, the residential sector is a major consumer of energy. Both the rate at which we consume energy and our use of non-renewable energy resources have come under pressure to change. These changes may occur to some ... -
Residual City: Decoupling Amenity from Capital through the Wedge
(2023-07-11)This thesis examines the crisis of amenity and public space in the contemporary city, wherein neoliberal policies placed the needs of citizens onto the free market while divesting in public spaces and services. Today ... -
Residual Strain Analysis via a Non-Bonded Interface Technique in Comparison to a Finite Element Model
(2019-08-22)The determination of residual strains in materials after an applied load is an important quantity for the understanding of the deformation behaviour of materials. There exist many quantifying techniques to measure residual ... -
Resolutions of Monomial Ideals Via Quasi-Trees
(2015)We examine ways in which simplicial complexes can be used for describing, classifying, and studying multigraded free resolutions of monomial ideals. By using homgenizations of frames and dehomogenizations of resolutions ... -
Resonant genres and intertexts in the neo-slave narratives of Caryl Phillips, Octavia Butler, and Lawrence Hill.
(Dalhousie University, 2006) -
Resource and habitat use of northern bottlenose whales in the Gully: Ecology, diving and ranging behaviour.
(Dalhousie University, 1999) -
RESOURCEFUL MATERIALS: A Critical Framework for Repurposing in Architecture – A Method of Material Resourcefulness and Diverting Waste from Landfills
(2017-04-27)This thesis is an investigation into the use of unconventional materials in architecture – ones not typically used as building materials: repurposed items. A framework is established for how to select items for repurposing ... -
RESPECT AND HEALTH CARE ETHICS: RESPECT, SOCIAL POWER AND HEALTH POLICY
(2011-12-16)In this dissertation I argue in favour of a communicative view of respect for human dignity. This view of respect builds on recent interpretations of Kantian respect as second-personal, but adds an analysis of the ways in ... -
Response of Arabidopsis thaliana to Exposure to Pentachlorophenol and Influence of Boron
(2016-03-10)Pentachlorophenol (PCP) has recently been used in combination with boric acid to provide a dual treatment wood preservative for utility poles. The toxicity of chemical combinations of PCP and boric acid were examined with ... -
The response of invertebrates to the disturbance of a seagrass bed by simulated ice rafting.
(Dalhousie University, 1990) -
Response of Mexican mint (Plectranthus amboinicus) plant to various watering regimes
(2024-04-12)Plants are sessile, and their ability to reprogram their metabolism to adapt to fluctuations in soil water level is crucial but not clearly understood. A study was performed to determine alterations in morpho-physiological, ... -
RESPONSE OF N2O TO NITROGEN MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING FOR SEED OIL IN BIODIESEL DEDICATED CANOLA
(2011-12-02)While breeding for increased oil yield has generated new lines of spring canola (Brassica napus L.) for biodiesel production, emissions of N2O from fertilized canola fields threaten to undermine the climate change mitigation ... -
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS CONDUCT IN THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES: PROSPECT OF RESPECTING WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS IN GHANA
(2021-01-11)Business operations in the extractive industries (EI) continue to violate women’s human rights and the environment in the communities in which they operate. In Ghana, existing laws and regulations do not preclude businesses ...