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The Cuban Recipe for Food Sovereignty: Investigating the contextual variables that shape Cuba’s cuisine and food culture
(2020-12-18)
This thesis investigates the linkages and contradictions between Food Sovereignty and Slow Food’s principles within Cuba. The Cuban food system is influenced by external factors including the US embargo, broader international ...
Identifying Novel Effectors of Breast Cancer Stem Cell Population Equilibrium and Survival
(2020-08-07)
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients face poor survival outcomes possibly due to the presence of a small, yet aggressive population of cells termed cancer stem cells (CSCs). In breast cancer, CSCs are defined ...
Developing a new spatio-temporal framework for assessment of the Nova Scotia Inshore Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) Fishery
(2020-08-18)
The current stock assessment model model used to assess areas of the Nova Scotia Inshore Sea Scallop (Placopecten Magellanicus) Fishery is a delay-difference model. However, this model has been found to be unable to reliably ...
Bridging Worlds: Visible and Invisible Continuities in Architecture
(2020-04-14)
Is architecture a bridge? The position taken in this thesis operates on the premise that architecture is not only a bridge but a construct of infinite bridges, real and imagined, the degree to which determines architecture's ...
An Arborist's Approach to Building Regeneration: Planting Trees in Obsolescent Soil
(2020-07-16)
Given the environmental impact of utilizing non renewable resources in the open loop carbon cycle of build-use-demolish, it is imperative to effect a fundamental change in how the urban landscape is developed.
This thesis ...
Fate and Transport of Particulate Matter in Geotextile Tube Dewatering of Dioxin and Furans Contaminated Sediments
(2020-12-03)
Geotextile tube dewatering is a pre-treatment method frequently utilized in the remediation of high-water content materials. Given the association that some contaminants (e.g. dioxins and furans) have with the particulate ...
EXTRACELLULAR MITOCHONDRIA RELEASED FROM LIVER ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY ACT AS ALARMINS TO EVOKE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND TRIGGER INFLAMMATION
(2020-08-07)
Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) during liver transplantation enhances the immunogenicity of allografts and thus impacts overall graft outcome. This sterile inflammatory insult is known to activate innate immunity and ...
CATALYTIC GRAPHITIZATION BY LIGHT METALS
(2020-08-07)
The catalytic effects of light metals (Mg and Li) on the graphitization process and the effects of precursors, blending conditions, heating conditions, and additives on the graphitization rate and the final graphite ...
Weed Survey of Nova Scotia Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium augustifolium Ait.) Fields and Development of Management Strategies for Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium L.)
(2020-08-27)
Weed surveys in lowbush blueberry fields are important and they provide the basis for vegetation management research in lowbush blueberries. A total of 165 bearing year lowbush blueberry fields were surveyed from 2017 to ...
Studying Source Contributions to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Estimating Its Historical Concentrations
(2020-10-13)
Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a major health concern. This thesis presents three projects that take advantage of chemical transport modeling, ground-based monitoring and satellite remote ...