Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses
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An Ethics of Attention
This thesis defends Simone Weil’s ethics of attention while situating it within the framework of Anglo-American analytic philosophy. John McDowell’s argument that virtue is a sensitivity — or a perceptual capacity to ... -
Optimal Transport Scenario for Access to EVT with Consideration of Patient Outcomes and Cost
There are two treatments for ischemic stroke: medical treatment (tPA) and endovascular therapy (EVT). EVT can only be used to treat ischemic strokes caused by a large vessel occlusion (LVO). EVT is only offered at hospitals ... -
Seismic and Lithological Characterization and Source Rock Potential of the Aptian Naskapi Shale Member, Logan Canyon Formation, Offshore Nova Scotia
The fluvial-deltaic successions of the Cretaceous Logan Canyon Formation in the Sable Subbasin, offshore Nova Scotia, have been one of the main sources of hydrocarbon production for decades. The distal and laterally ... -
Representations of Women and Gender Equality in the Nonprofit Sector in Ukraine
The problem of gender stereotypes and lack of gender sensitivity has been a persistent problem in Ukraine. Educating the population and raising awareness about gender equality has been an important focus of many women’s ... -
Random Forest Similarity Maps: A scalable visual representation for global and local interpretation
Machine Learning prediction algorithms have made significant contributions in today’s world, leading to increased usage in a variety of domains. However, as ML algorithms surge, the need for transparent and interpretable ... -
ASSESSING THE SOCIOECONOMIC GRADIENT OF WALKING SPEED AS A MEASURE OF GENERAL HEALTH AMONG OLDER ADULTS USING THE CANADIAN LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGING
Background: As the Canadian population ages understanding inequality in health among older adults is critical, and identifying good measures of health to assess the socioeconomic gradient of health among older adults is ... -
A Matrix-based Visual Analytics approach for the Analysis of Association Rules
With a large amount of data, many data mining techniques have contributed to the extraction of useful information from the data. The generated information, if interpreted correctly results in a huge benefit for the user. ... -
“TUNC TU CLAMAS CLARA VOCE”: MARIOLOGICAL ALLUSION AND THE MUSIC OF ST. HILDEGARD OF BINGEN
Hildegard’s Mariology, most overtly expressed through her sixteen Marian plainchants, has received close attention by scholars over the years. Nevertheless, unanswered questions remain concerning her Mariology as well as ... -
INVESTIGATING CLUSTER ENSEMBLE METHODS TO DEVELOP PHYSICIAN PHENOTYPES BASED ON PATHOLOGY TEST ORDERING PATTERNS
Pathology laboratory testing is central to medical practice as most diagnostic and therapeutic decisions are guided by the patient’s bloodwork results. Pathology laboratory tests are ordered by clinicians, and it has been ... -
CAN GENDER (IN)EQUITABLE ORGANIZATIONS DELIVER FEMINIST PROGRAMMING? AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CANADA’S FEMINIST INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE POLICY IN UGANDA
Through a focus on Ugandan civil society organisations (CSOs) receiving funding from the Government of Canada (GOC) for gender equality programming under the Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP), this research ... -
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH GENERAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH CHRONIC NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
The purpose of this study was to explore the factors associated with self-reported general health (SRH) and mental health (SRMH) for adults living in Canada with chronic neurological conditions. A secondary analysis of ... -
Reprogramming Sacred Monuments: Giving New Life to Stepwells in Gujarat, India
This research is based within historicism and its inherent practices to conserve obsolete and symbolic structures. Due to their sacred nature these types of structures are often preserved, remain untouched and left to ... -
Which Factors? International Evidence
This thesis investigates five major asset-pricing models recently proposed in the literature. Those models are Fama and French’s (2015) five-factor model and its six-factor extension adding a momentum factor (Carhart, ... -
Thermal history of the Labrador rifted margin: Insights from apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He and apatite fission track thermochronology
The Labrador margin, Eastern Canada formed from Mesozoic rifting, breakup and seafloor spreading between eastern Labrador and southwest Greenland, producing the Labrador Sea. This study aims to quantify the thermal ... -
[De]constructing Rikers Island: Confronting Architectures of Harm through Reflective Remediation
Designed environmental, social, and physical inequalities in American cities have produced sites, systems, and architectures of harm. Rikers Island is at the center of this condition in New York City. The Penitentiary ... -
Climate Change and the Coloniality of Foodways: Linking the Replication of an Unsustainable Scale of Ruminant Consumption to Western Cultural Imperialism
This thesis examines the cultural processes attributable to a global protein transition toward climate change inducing ruminant products. It employs the theoretical lens of the colonial matrix of power to contend that a ... -
The relationship between frailty and the development and progression of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)
Background: The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between frailty and the development and progression of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND). Methods: This study used data from the ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CANADIAN PORT SECTOR
Ports are critical connecting nodes in Canada’s resource-based economy that have adverse environmental and social impacts. Despite being federal entities, the Canada Port Authorities (CPAs) inconsistently report sustainability ... -
Integrated Lithostratigraphic, Formation and Structural Evaluation of the Migrant Structure, Sable Subbasin, Offshore Nova Scotia.
Well data and 3D seismic are integrated to investigate the impact of sand-on-sand juxtaposition across a crestal fault in the Migrant Structure previously missed in 2D seismic. Pressure and petrophysical analysis of well ... -
SAMUEL RINGGOLD WARD’S EXAMINATION DAY: THE EDUCATION OF A BLACK ABOLITIONIST
This thesis examines the life of Samuel Ringgold Ward, one of the greatest orators and spokesmen for abolition in the nineteenth century. This work specifically examines how Ward’s early life and education at the New York ...
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