Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Using Canadian Law to Prevent, Respond to and Remedy Maltreatment in Sport: Listening to and Learning from Athletes
(2020-09-09)This thesis addresses maltreatment of athletes in Canada, in the post-Nassar era, by considering applicable law, policy, academic literature and a qualitative study. Athlete maltreatment may include: psychological, physical ... -
Using Contribution Analysis to Evaluate U.S. Farm Link Programs: Opportunities to improve non-family succession of the 'family farm'
(2014-12-12)This research examines 12 U.S. Farm Link Programs (FLP) using a type of program evaluation called Contribution Analysis (CA) to determine if FLPs are effective in facilitating farmland transfers between retirement-aged ... -
Using Drosophila Models to Investigate Human Disease Variants Implicated in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
(2023-12-13)As exome and genome sequencing is becoming increasingly routine in clinical practice, the identification of rare variants is also increasing. Individuals with unique disease phenotypes who undergo whole-genome or -exome ... -
Using eDNA to Track Microbial and Meiofaunal Communities in the Environment Surrounding Coastal Finfish Aquaculture in Nova Scotia
(2021-04-08)Finfish aquaculture has increased globally in recent years, leading to concerns about effects on the surrounding environment. Traditionally used biological environmental monitoring techniques are often time consuming and ... -
Using Energy Storage to Maximize Wind and Solar Electricity Generators Effectiveness in Dispatchable Generation Replacement
(2021-08-31)To aid in the replacement of fossil fuel-based electricity generation with renewable generation this thesis uses timestep wind and solar generation data with load data to determine the required storage demands for dispatchable ... -
USING ENSEMBLE CLUSTERING TO IDENTIFY PHENOTYPES OF DIABETES PATIENTS FOR EVALUATING DISEASE PROGRESSION
(2022-04-05)Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic health condition that affects multiple organs and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The management of diabetes requires periodic pathology investigations and physician ... -
Using eye-tracking technology as a measure of cognition in traumatic brain injury: A scoping review
(2022-02-10)Cognitive impairment is a common and debilitating symptom of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Conventional neuropsychological assessment tools rely on verbal or manual responses, and there is no universally accepted ... -
Using High-Throughput Paleolimnological Methods to Evaluate the Distribution and Transport of Lead in Northeastern North America
(2020-09-17)Using high-throughput paleolimnological methods, this thesis evaluated anthropogenic Pb deposition along a west-east transect from the Adirondack Mountains, New York, USA (ADIR) region, the Vermont-New Hampshire-Maine, USA ... -
USING HYDROCORTISONE TO STUDY CONJUNCTIVAL PAPILLAE AND PLACODE FORMATION IN THE CHICKEN EMBRYONIC EYE
(2023-12-15)Scleral ossicle bones can be seen in the eyes of many vertebrates, including reptiles, and their development is easily studied in the embryonic chicken eye. Previous research has described how these bones are induced through ... -
USING INFORMATION ON PAST AND PRESENT FOREST COVER TO GUIDE RESTORATION EFFORTS: AN ANALYSIS OF DATA QUALITY AND LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY IN UNAMA’KI (CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA)
(2023-08-04)Ecological connectivity is the extent to which a landscape supports the movement of organisms and processes between patches of suitable habitat and is necessary for ecosystem functioning. Boreal forests in Unama’ki (Cape ... -
Using Integrated Environmental Change Study Methods to Understand Factors Influencing Harmful Algae Blooms in a Rural Headwater Lake
(2021-08-13)Eutrophication and algae production are an important lake management issue in rural Nova Scotia. In the past decade, there have been increasing instances of harmful algae bloom (HAB) events in previously unaffected surface ... -
Using Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) to Guide Cervical Cancer Care Among Inuit Communities: Implications from A Scoping Review
(2019-08-09)This thesis is part of a larger research project that aims to use Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) in the development of culturally-relevant cervical cancer care among Inuit communities. Specifically, a Joanna Briggs Institute ... -
USING LANDSCAPE GENETICS TO FORM A PORTRAIT OF A SUCKER: AN ARGUMENT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF MULTIPLE FACTORS TO CAPTURE THE WHOLE PICTURE OF A SUBARCTIC DENDRITIC METAPOPULATION
(2015)I tested the relative importance of life history, environmental barriers, dendritic structure, and historical colonization on the neutral genetic structure of a longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) metapopulation in the ... -
USING LOCAL AND SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES TO UNDERSTAND FACTORS AFFECTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF INVASIVE GREEN CRAB (CARCINUS MAENAS L.)
(2015)Environmental management is becoming more informed through the use of less conventional knowledge sources to understand environmental systems. Following this realization, our study accesses both local and scientific knowledge ... -
Using lorazepam to dissociate perceptual and conceptual priming in memory.
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Using Machine Learning to Improve Motor Imagery Neurofeedback
(2015)Machine Learning (ML) was employed to identify features in magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings of 16 participants performing motor imagery (MI). ML was applied to data obtained using three methods: 1) two sources ... -
Using Machine Learning to Predict Patients Who Leave Without Being Seen in a Pediatric Emergency Department
(2023-04-14)Background: Patients and their caregivers who seek care in an Emergency Department (ED) may ultimately choose to leave without being seen by a physician. This occurrence is labeled “left without being seen” (LWBS) and ... -
USING MACROALGAE, DISSOLVED NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS, AND NATURAL ABUNDANCE STABLE ISOTOPES TO TRACK SOURCES OF NITROGEN IN AQUACULTURE FARMS
(2021-12-16)Seaweed aquaculture is a growing market in the North Atlantic which has sparked the need for finding areas that can naturally support their growth. In this thesis six farms growing Saccharina latissima, or sugar kelp, were ... -
Using metaproteomes and models to quantify cellular trade-offs in phytoplankton
(2021-12-16)Phytoplankton fuel biogeochemical processes in the ocean and are key players influencing the global climate. All biogeochemical processes mediated by microbes are ultimately underpinned by gene expression. In this thesis, ... -
Using Named Entities in Post-click News Recommendation
(2016-08-05)With the growth of online news readers, many news websites use different signals to attract users' initial clicks. However, the problem of keeping users in the web site through post-click news recommendation is relatively ...