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MAP Matters - December 2011
(2011-12)
This issue of the Marine Affairs Program Newsletter provides an update of the students who participated in the International Youth Internship Program.
Book Review of Beyond GDP: Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability
(Springer Science and Business Media, 2015-07)
Contemporary Use of the Cold Pressor Task in Pediatric Pain Research: A Systematic Review of Methods
(Sciene Direct, 2012)
The cold pressor task (CPT) is an ethical experimental pain task widely used by pediatric pain researchers to examine a variety of important theoretical and clinical questions. The purpose of this systematic review was to ...
Caregiver accuracy in detecting deception in facial expressions of pain in children
(Elsevier, 2013)
Facial expressions provide a primary source of inference about a child’s pain. Although facial expressions typically appear spontaneous, children have some capacity to fake or suppress displays of pain, thereby potentially ...
Spatial Protection for Porbeagle Sharks, Lamna nasus, in the Northwest Atlantic: The Road to Recovery? [graduate project].
(2016)
Sharks have dominated the seas as apex predators for more than 400 million years, but today they are being fished by humans at an unprecedented rate. Many of the biological characteristics of sharks make them particularly ...
The mean surface circulation of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre: A comparison of estimates derived from new gravity and oceanographic measurements
(2011-08)
A new mean sea surface topography (MSST) is used to estimate the surface circulation of the subpolar gyre of the northwest Atlantic. The MSST is produced using a new geoid model derived from a blend of gravity data from ...
MAP Matters - August 2011
(2011-08)
This issue of the Marine Affairs Program Newsletter introduces the Policy Development and International Research for Actions on Coastal Communities, Youth and Seafarers (PIRACY) project, announces the Making Waves Graduate ...
MAP Matters - Winter 2017
(2017-02)
This issue of the Marine Affairs Program Newsletter covers the 2016 Sustainable Oceans Conference (Into the Blue: The Body Connecting Us All). The issue also acknowledges the recipients of the 2016-2017 Sobey Fund for ...
Assessing the potential of ecolabels to improve social acceptance within Nova Scotia’s finfish aquaculture industry: A stakeholder approach [graduate project].
(2016)
While aquaculture has grown exponentially in recent years and has been promoted for its economic benefits and potential to contribute to improved food security, conflicts over public health, land use, and environmental ...
Towards adaptive management of mooring systems to reduce the threats of yachting tourism in marine protected areas. [graduate project].
(2016)
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are often popular tourism destinations, and therefore, must be managed to accommodate tourism while protecting marine ecosystem health.
This project explored the potential for adaptive ...