Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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3D PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY IN AN ENDOSCOPIC FORM FACTOR
(2020-10-29)We present the results of a study to introduce photoacoustic tomography capability into a 2D endoscopic 64-element phased and 3D endoscopic 128-element crossed electrode ultrasound array for the use in endoscopic brain ... -
3D Printed Surface Applicators for High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
(2016-08-31)HDR surface mould brachytherapy is a technique used to treat various types of skin lesions including basal and squamous cell carcinoma. This work investigates the feasibility of using 3D printed surface applicators for the ... -
3D Range Searching Using Chain Decomposition
(2017-09-01)We propose the first data structure based on untangled monotonic chains for or- thogonal range searching in 3-dimensional space. The idea is an extension of the 2-dimensional chain partition algorithm proposed by Arroyuelo ... -
3D simultaneous quantification of SPIO and Gadolinium Contrast Agents In Vivo using MR Fingerprinting
(2024-04-30)Molecular imaging is a powerful asset to a range of disciplines, allowing for precise, noninvasive, longitudinal imaging of a myriad of biological processes. Magnetic resonance molecular imaging offers the ability to perform ... -
5G and China-US Relations: Competition and Intervention
(2021-08-31)This study discusses the reasons that drive the US government to deviate from its private sector-dominated approach and implement state intervention in the competition with China over 5G. In order to better understand the ... -
Ab initio studies of fluorinated ethanes: Electronic and energetic properties and reactions with hydroxyl radicals.
(Dalhousie University, 1995) -
ABENAKI CARBONATE PLATFORM IN RELATION TO THE JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS SABLE ISLAND DELTA, OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
(2016-09-01)The offshore Nova Scotia Late Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous continental scale shelf-margin Sable Delta succession is juxtaposed with the extensive kilometre-thick Abenaki carbonate platform. This thesis addresses how ... -
Aberrant Behaviour and Neural Activity in the 5xFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease: Exploring Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in a Mouse Model of Amyloid Pathology
(2023-08-30)The present work examines behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)-like behaviours in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-related amyloid pathology. In particular, this work reviews BPSD-like ... -
The Ability to Create Household Wealth: An Alternative Perspective and Conceptual Framework
(2022-07-20)This thesis reviews the theories and evidence on households’ financial decision-making. It further relates these to a household’s ability to create wealth against the background of changing retirement systems. The work’s ... -
Abnormal lipoprotein metabolism in animal models of intrahepatic cholestasis induced by alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate.
(Dalhousie University, 1997) -
Absorption properties of phytoplankton and photosynthetic pigments in seawater.
(Dalhousie University, 1993) -
Abundance of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Two Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants and Receiving Water in Atlantic Canada
(2017-06-05)Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in pathogenic bacteria confer resistance to many clinically important antibiotics and will, if found in treated wastewater and the environment, threaten public health. Using quantitative ... -
AcademiaMap-GIV: Geo-based Information Visualization of Scholarly Conversations on Twitter
(2011-12-16)Geo-based Information Visualizations (GIV) allow people to analyze data points based on their related geographic locations. This approach is usually adopted where a large scale geo-referenced dataset is present and users ... -
ACADEMIC EXPERTISE REPRESENTATION USING WIKIPEDIA
(2016-04-08)Finding experts to review a submission or to collaborate with an industry partner is a common problem in the research enterprise that is typically solved manually or by word of mouth. Services like LinkedIn rely on the ... -
“THE ACADIAN OF OUR FANCY” : Clothing, community, and identity among the Neutral French, c. 1670-1750
(2020-09-11)“The Acadian of our Fancy” explores Acadian textile culture from French colonists’ establishment outside of Port Royal to the deportation of 1755. It addresses questions of change and identity: did the Acadians maintain a ... -
Accelerated algorithms and universality in coarsening systems.
(Dalhousie University, 2005) -
ACCELERATING TEXT RELATEDNESS COMPUTATIONS ON GENERAL PURPOSE GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS
(2015)This thesis investigates a novel approach for accelerating document similarity calculations using the Google Trigram Method (GTM). GTM can be performed as either a 1:1 comparison between a pair of documents, a 1:N comparison ...