Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Macroeconomic Consequences of Publicly Provided Health Insurance: The South Korean Context
(2014-08-13)This dissertation studies the macroeconomic effects of providing public universal health insurance in South Korea. Since its inception in 1989, the South Korean government has increased the public health insurance benefit ... -
Macroinfaunal communities in seagrass beds in Atlantic Canada: Regional variation and the effects of eutrophication and finfish aquaculture
(2016-09-02)Seagrass beds are productive coastal ecosystems that harbour many different species of flora and fauna. The benthic macrofauna that live within the sediments perform important roles that contribute to the ecological ... -
MACROMOLECULAR AND MOLECULAR CHEMISTRY OF PHOSPHORUS-NITROGEN CAGES AND RINGS
(2023-12-14)A new class of main group polymers containing three-dimensional phosphorus-nitrogen (PN) cage motifs in the backbone are described in this work. The PN cages prepared are rigid, robust but amenable to metathesis chemistry ... -
MACROPHAGE AEBP1 CONTRIBUTES TO MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELL HYPERPLASIA AS A NOVEL REGULATOR OF SONIC HEDGEHOG SIGNALLING
(2012-12-14)Chronic inflammation stimulates mammary tumourigenesis by disrupting signalling interactions between the epithelial ducts and the surrounding stromal microenvironment. Adipocyte enhancer-binding protein 1 (AEBP1) promotes ... -
Macrophage Interactions with Decellularized Heart Valve Materials: Influence of Crosslinking Treatment
(2010-09-02)While macrophages have been implicated in the failure of bioprosthetic heart valves, there is no current literature on the macrophage response to crosslinked, native collagen. Using decellularized bovine pericardium (DBP) ... -
Macrosomic Infants Born to Non-diabetic Mothers in Nova Scotia: Determinants and Development of a Risk Prediction Model
(2016-07-22)This retrospective cohort study investigated the rates and risk factors of macrosomia in non-diabetic women and developed a clinically relevant model to predict macrosomia in mid-pregnancy. Logistic regression was used to ... -
Made in Cape Breton: Examining the Relationship Between Craft Practice and Place
(2019-08-21)In this thesis, I examine the relationship between craft practice and place, situating my case study on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island. I consider the dynamics of how craft is made, marketed, and distributed in relation ... -
Magnetic induction to cross the air-water interface
(2022-09-01)The use of magnetic induction is investigated. to cross the air-water boundary., A detailed derivation of the magnetic induction between two coils is introduced: one underwater and the other, above the surface. This new ... -
Magnetic Properties of AB-Stacked Kagome Lattice Crystals: Symmetry, Order and Duality
(2023-08-30)This work concerns the magnetic properties of AB-stacked kagome compounds. The analysis is performed starting with a derivation of a spin Hamiltonian from symmetry principles.The resulting magnetic model exhibits a ... -
Magnetic Skyrmion Phase in MnSi Thin Films
(2013-04-08)Detailed magnetometry and polarized neutron reflectometry studies were conducted on MnSi thin films grown epitaxially on Si(111) substrates. It is demonstrated that with an in-plane applied field H || [110], a broadly ... -
MAIDS, MEDIA, AND MIGRATION: FILIPINO NEWS MEDIA IN MONTRÉAL AND THE TRANSNATIONAL LIVES OF LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS
(2011-05-05)This thesis explores the role of media in the lives of live-in caregivers in Montréal by looking at two Filipino newspapers and mainstream news coverage on Filipinas and the Philippines. While Filipino newspapers elaborate ... -
Main Street is Dead, Long Live Main Street
(2016-04-08)Deindustrialization is a phenomenon apparent in many countries across the world, but while the majority of the revitalization focus has been on large metropolitan cities, little consideration has been taken into account ... -
Maintaining the Character of a Place: Critical Approaches to Built Heritage in Newfoundland
(2018-07-31)Newfoundland has an evolving and dynamic culture of repairing, maintaining, and adapting buildings as their function changes. This thesis highlights the pluralist viewpoint of Bonavista and its capacity to absorb many ... -
Maintaining the Narrative: A Content Analysis of the Impact of Political Discourse on Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Political Culture
(2015)The following project is an examination of political culture in Canada. More specifically, this work argues that the methods used to study political culture in Canada need to be modified to improve the relevance of political ... -
Maintaining the Sacred: Adapting to a ‘Post-Religious’ Society Through the Reprogramming of the Early Church in Montreal
(2018-04-06)This thesis is a study of the architectural qualities that correlate with the sacred, while addressing the growing problem of dissolving religious buildings in Canada. The initial argument puts forth the idea that a building ... -
Majority Voter Model for Information Diffusion
(2019-08-29)A Majority Voter Model is a iterative process on graphs. Let G be a graph with a initial vertex colouring of n colours with the option of a vertex being uncoloured. The is a sequential process where once a vertex is coloured, ... -
MAKESPAN MINIMIZATION FOR PARALLEL MACHINES SCHEDULING WITH AVAILABILITY CONSTRAINTS
(2010-04-16)A new method is developed to schedule jobs on parallel machines with availability constraints. The objective of the problem is to minimize the makespan of the total production schedule. Without the availability constraints ... -
Making a Living: A Framework for Community-Based Waste Management in Jamaica
(2020-04-17)Jamaica has a history of resistance from tyrannical systems that no longer serve the vulnerable and oppressed. The uneven geographical development in Jamaica, influenced by Colonialism, and promulgated by Industrialization ... -
Making Development Marketable: The Politics of Image and Representation within Consumer Driven Schemes of Development Fundraising
(2011-09-06)This project examines a new and growing form of international development fundraising, which constructs and packages development as a product of consumption in order to achieve its goals of awareness and fundraising. These ...