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A Study of Photoactive Materials for Solution-Processed Thin-Film Solar Cells
(2015)
The overall goal of the research projects herein is to fabricate low-cost and efficient thin-film perovskite and organic solar cells. The fabrication of a planar-heterojunction perovskite solar cell was first optimized by ...
PROCESS TIMES IN PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION: WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?
(2015)
ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a medical emergency and the treatment of choice, if available in a timely manner, is primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). It is in the best interest of the patient ...
NU Healing: Empowering the Margin(alized)
(2015)
The correctional system in Nunavut ignores the systemic social dysfunction underlying criminality in the Territory that has been the result of several generations of social and cultural displacement. As a physical manifestation ...
The Architecture of Gender and Health: A Holistic Life-Cycle Based Approach to Women’s Reproductive Health in Moncton, New Brunswick
(2015)
This thesis investigates the role of architecture in women’s health. The proposal consists of a facility in downtown Moncton, New Brunswick that provides reproductive and health services in both on-site and outreach ...
An Ontology-Based Electronic Medical Record for Chronic Disease Management
(2011-03-11)
Effective chronic disease management ensures better treatment and reduces medical costs. Representing knowledge through building an ontology for Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) is important to achieve semantic interoperability ...
Environmental Health Inequities : Low-Income Mothers' Negotiation of Health in a Low-Income Urban Neighborhood
(2010-01)
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between health and the urban environment as it is experienced and negotiated by low-income mothers within the context of everyday family life. The research questions ...
Spencer's Island is Not a Ghost Town : A Cultural Institution in a Post-Industrial Community
(2010)
Rural communities are often neglected in contemporary architectural research which traditionally studies urban issues. This thesis, framed by an ongoing collaborative design/build project in Spencer's Island,
Nova Scotia, ...
On the Treatment of Solipsism in Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"
(2010-04)
The purpose of this thesis is to shed light upon Wittgenstein's treatment of solipsism in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. The present work provides a historically informed interpretation of the Tractatus as an ...
FINDING STRUCTURE IN THE PHYLOGENY SEARCH SPACE
(2015)
A phylogenetic tree is a graphical representation of inferred evolutionary relationships between a set of species or taxa. Phylogenetic trees play an important role in diverse research fields, including molecular biology, ...
Neighbourhood Impacts on Stress: Perspectives of Adolescent Girls
(2011-11-18)
The physical and social environments of a neighbourhood can cause and/or reduce stress for residents. However, we know relatively little about the neighbourhood-level stressors and stress-relievers experienced by adolescents, ...