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THE ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF EGG-SIZE VARIATION WITHIN AND AMONG POPULATIONS OF ATLANTIC SALMON
(2013-08-02)
This thesis focuses on the classic problem of investment per offspring. It is an attempt to (i) reconcile theoretical research with empirical methods that can be used to test theory, (ii) test a fundamental prediction that ...
Hopeless Poetics in Ecological Poetry
(2013-08-26)
In this thesis I theorize hopelessness in contemporary Canadian ecological poetry in contrast to capitalist ideology and activist discourse. Drawing on Tim Lilburn’s work, I identify two varieties of hopelessness: despair ...
Separating Reasons
(2013-08-26)
When facing a dilemma about what to do, rational agents will often encounter a conflict between what they ought to do, morally speaking, and what they most want to do. Traditionally we think that when there is a moral ...
On Holder continuity of weak solutions to degenerate linear elliptic partial differential equations
(2013-08-21)
For degenerate elliptic partial differential equations, it is often desirable to show that a weak solution is smooth. The first and most difficult step in this process is establishing local Hölder continuity. Sufficient ...
Vibrio harveyi acyl carrier protein and its role in activation of exogenous fatty acids.
(Dalhousie University, 1995)
The role of bone morphogenetic protein 4 signalling in human ovarian cancer cell behaviour.
(Dalhousie University, 2007)
INTERACTION OF IRRADIANCE AND STOCKING DENSITY ON NUTRIENT UPTAKE BY RED MACROALGAE. IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOREMEDIATION OF FISH FARM EFFLUENTS
(2013-10-30)
In land-based integrated aquaculture of marine finfish and macroalgae, rearing space is a large expense. Increasing algal stocking density can increase efficiency, but this may require greater irradiance because of ...
DARSTELLUNG UND PROBLEMATIK DER SCHULDFRAGE IN BERNHARD SCHLINKS ROMAN "DER VORLESER" SOWIE IN DER GLEICHNAMIGEN VERFILMUNG VON STEPHEN DALDRY
(2013-08-23)
This thesis discusses the question of guilt, as it appears on a variety of levels in Bernhard Schlink’s novel The Reader (1995) and its film adaptation by Stephen Daldry (2009). In general, a review of the question of the ...
Design, synthesis and evaluation of new chemical entities for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
(Dalhousie University, 2006)
DEVELOPMENT OF BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE LIGANDS FOR THE IMAGING OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
(2013-08-12)
Butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) is a serine hydrolase enzyme that, along with
acetylcholinesterase (AChE), catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetylcholine. These enzymes
are associated with the pathology of neurologic disorders ...