Search
Now showing items 131-140 of 7659
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECTS OF A 16-WEEK COMBINED AEROBIC AND RESISTANCE EXERCISE PROGRAM IN MEN RECEIVING ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER
(2011-04-08)
Objectives: Men who receive androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer
(PCa) are at risk of several adverse effects that can be detrimental to both their physical
and mental health. Common adverse effects ...
Examination Scheduling with Days-off Constraints
(2012-09-04)
With an increase in the number of students and the number of courses offered by universities, examination scheduling based on the available facilities becomes much more complicated. At present, examinations must be ...
ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF URBAN SPONTANEOUS VEGETATION
(2011-04-20)
This thesis set out to investigate the processes that determine the richness and composition of plant communities of spontaneously colonized derelict land in Metro Halifax, Nova Scotia. As urbanization rates continue to ...
State Estimation in Electrical Networks
(2013-02-06)
The continuous growth in power system electric grid by adding new substations lead to construct many new transmission lines, transformers, control devices, and circuit breakers to connect the capacity (generators) to the ...
A multi-criteria evaluation methodology for an economically and environmentally sustainable coffee industry.
(Dalhousie University, 2006)
Unravelled: A Contextual Exploration into the Weaving of Karen Refugee Women
(2012-08-01)
Despite a thirty year protracted refugee situation in Thailand, little data exists regarding the traditional weaving of the Karen refugee women from Burma. Through semi-structured interviews, participant observation and ...
A Case Study of E. E. Cummings: The Past and Presence of Modernist Literary Criticism
(2011-09-06)
The early- to mid-twentieth century criticism surrounding E. E. Cummings often dismisses his poetry in Eliotic terms. In analyzing Cummings’s critics’ arguments and methodologies, I attempt to reveal the ways in which ...
PRISM ADAPTATION: EFFECTS OF TARGET-TYPE AND PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK
(2011-08-26)
When wearing prism goggles that displace vision laterally, the initial pointing errors are rapidly corrected. When the goggles are removed after a sufficient period of prism adaptation (PA), there is an aftereffect in ...
Dynamics of Species Extinction and Recovery in Multi-Trophic Aquatic Systems
(2010-10-06)
The current rate of species extinction is higher than at any other time in Earth’s history. Despite our understanding of the causes and consequences of extinction and the development of numerous species conservation plans, ...