Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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STUDYING LONG TERM LI-ION ELECTROLYTE DEGREDATION USING LITHIUM ION DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS
(2018-09-04)Lithium ion cells contain liquid electrolytes that degrade over the lifetime of the cell. Though the results of this degradation are well understood, the pathways are not. Lithium ion differential thermal analysis (Li-ion ... -
Studying Oil Spill Transport by Exploring Oil-Mineral-Aggregates Characteristics and Tidal Dispersion Properties
(2023-04-27)Oil spill has been widely recognized as a major marine environmental issue, that could cause a profound and long-term impact on the environment, ecology, and socioeconomics. In particular, when the oil spill happens in ... -
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 ... -
Studying the Diffusion of Al3+ ions from Atomic Layer Deposited Al2O3 Surface Coatings into Positive Electrode Materials and the Effects Thereof Using Full Coin Cells
(2021-05-05)Increasing the energy density of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is an important goal for battery research for electric vehicle and grid storage applications. One method of doing this is to use a protective coating on the ... -
STUDYING THE ROLE OF THE DIVALENT METAL CATION ACTIVATOR OF THE CAMBIALISTIC ENZYME MANDELATE RACEMASE
(2016-09-12)Mandalate racemase (MR) from Pseudomonas putida requires a divalent metal cation, usually Mg2+, to catalyze the interconversion of the enantiomers of mandelate. Typical of a cambialistic enzyme, the active site Mg2+ ... -
Studying the User Task of Information Gathering on the Web
(2013-03-22)Research has studied information seeking behaviour and several models have been developed. Those models were further modified following the emergence of the web. At the beginning of the 2000s, research started focusing on ... -
Subdivided and Reconnected: Community Integrated Transportation Hubs as a Response to Car-Centric Growth
(2022-07-07)In little over a century Calgary has gone from pioneer beginnings to an expansive urban area. The City of Calgary’s policies have fostered the conditions for automobile-dominated, single-use and low-density neighbourhoods. ... -
Subgraph Methods for Comparing Complex Networks
(2013-04-05)An increasing number of models have been proposed to explain the link structure observed in complex networks. The central problem addressed in this thesis is: how do we select the best model? The model-selection method we ... -
Submarine Power Cable Transmission Line Parameters and Performance
(2012-09-06)Submarine power production installations use the power of the ocean to generate renewable energy for the population to use. To bring this electricity back to land, use of electrical cables is required. The choice of cable ... -
A submersible eDNA sampler that enables persistent site assessment of biodiversity
(2023-04-24)Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis facilitates the study of biodiversity in aquatic habitats. eDNA samplers automate the sample collection process required for eDNA analysis, reducing the manual labour needed. This thesis ... -
Subsistence Agriculture and Labour Reallocation in Developing Countries
(2019-03-15)This dissertation examines the economic determinants of labour reallocation in Sub-Saharan African (SSA). I first document the historical trends in labour reallocation in 11 countries in SSA and use a general equilibrium ... -
SUBSTANCE USE AND PSYCHIATRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PRESCRIPTION OPIOID USERS IN A LOW-THRESHOLD METHADONE MAINTENANCE TREATMENT PROGRAM IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2011-12-21)Prescription opioid use is highly prevalent and may be replacing heroin as the predominant illicit opioid that is used. Little is known about specific prescription opioid use characteristics, or issues faced by these ... -
A Substantive Theory of Youth Resilience in Rural Nova Scotia
(2016-04-01)This research investigated the salient risk factors and protective processes for young people living in rural Atlantic Canadian contexts exhibiting the adverse socioeconomic and environmental impacts associated with rural ... -
Substituent effects on proton-proton and carbon-proton coupling constants.
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SUBTERRANEAN BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR GRID STORAGE: THERMAL MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION
(2024-03-01)The deployment of stationary BESS continues to grow as renewable energy systems are integrated into the electricity grid. Research on battery systems covering areas of system optimization, battery management system, grid ... -
Subtidal circulation, hydrography, sea ice and associated variability over the eastern Canadian shelf using a coupled ocean-ice model
(2014-09-18)The subtidal circulation, hydrography, sea ice and associated variability over the eastern Canadian shelf (ECS) are examined using 17-years of model results produced by a coupled ocean-ice model. The coupled model has a ... -
Subtractor-Based CNN Inference Accelerator
(2022-11-02)This paper presents a novel method to boost the performance of CNN inference accelerators utilizing subtractors. The proposed CNN preprocessing accelerator relies on sorting, grouping, and rounding the weights in order to ... -
Subtyping the behavioural effects of deceit and the implications for detecting deception
(2014-11-20)Identification of deception is crucial in legal, healthcare, social service, and airport security settings because it could be used to facilitate criminal or other harmful activity. However, people generally appear to be ... -
‘Success’ Stories, Government Public Relations, and the Resettlement of South East Asian Refugees in Canada 1979-1980
(2020-05-15)Between July 1979 and May 1980, the Canadian Employment and Immigration Commission undertook an extensive public relations campaign related to the resettlement of South East Asian refugees in Canada. This thesis sheds light ... -
SUCCORING THE NEEDY: ALMSHOUSES AND THE IMPOTENT POOR IN REFORMATION ENGLAND, c. 1534-1640
(2015-03-31)This thesis discusses almshouses and the impotent poor in early modern England between c. 1534 and 1640. England’s Reformation had numerous implications for poverty and poor relief in the country, and a sorely neglected ...