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Risk Factors For Drug-Related Problems Causing Emergency Department Visits In Older Adults
(2014-08-21)
Prior research has shown that polypharmacy and the use of inappropriate medication increases the risk of drug-related emergency department visits. This has been investigated in the context of medications alone without ...
Generating an Oasis: Architecture of Climatic Engagement for a Northern City
(2014-04-04)
Edmonton, Alberta, like many other northern cities, has a history of overprotecting its citizens from the climatic elements. Through constructs of climate-control, like pedways and shopping malls, we have severed ourselves ...
Development of advanced ADI-FDTD based techniques for electromagnetics and microwave modeling.
(Dalhousie University, 2006)
Modelling of transmission range in vehicular ad hoc networks.
(Dalhousie University, 2006)
THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH CARE FOR TRANS YOUTH IN ONTARIO
(2010-10-06)
In this study 21 trans-identified youth in Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
were interviewed about their experiences related to transition. Using the
materialist research strategy of Institutional Ethnography, I ...
Isolation of Lead-Amino Acid and Mercury-Amino Acid Complexes with Characterization in the Solid State, the Solution State, and the Gas Phase
(2009-10-16)
Although some physiological effects of toxic metal poisoning have been known for centuries, the specific chemical interactions between biological molecules and mercury(I), mercury(II) or lead(II) are not well understood. ...
Analysis of Functional Constraint and Recombination in Gene Sequences of the Cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus
(2010-08-25)
Lineages of the cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus marinus have diverged
into two genetically distinct ‘ecotypes,’ high-light adapted (HL) and low-light
adapted (LL), which thrive under different environmental conditions. ...
The Well-Adjusted School: Addressing Childhood Obesity Through the Architecture of Canadian Schools
(2011-04-08)
This thesis explores the relationship between the built environment and the effects that it can have on a child’s ability to value a healthy lifestyle. As children spend the majority of their time in schools, and are heavily ...
Architecture and Typography: The Space Beyond the Text
(2011-04-15)
This thesis considers the design of a combined industrial printing and publishing house as a semi-public institution. The site is in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The institution includes a bookstore, archive, studio, book ...