Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Why Architecture: The Intersection of Architectural Education and the City
(2018-07-31)This thesis questions the potential relationship between a school of architecture and the public. Redefining the role of architecture education as advocacy for better designed cities, a new dialogue between the public ... -
Why is Most Neurotransmitter Release Synaptic
(2024-04-30)Small-molecule neurotransmitter release is largely confined to synaptic active zones, but the spatially restrictive mechanism is unidentified. In this study, we investigate whether spatial restriction occurs during synaptic ... -
WIDE-BAND CHANNEL MODEL FOR UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO KALMAN FILTER BASED CHANNEL ESTIMATOR
(2020-03-05)Underwater acoustics communication system design is a challenging endeavor due to several technical as well as environmental parameters such as salinity of water, temperature, frequency and time selectivity of the channel, ... -
WILD BLUEBERRY (Vaccinium spp.) - MICROBE INTERACTIONS AND BOTRYTIS BLIGHT MANAGEMENT
(2022-09-01)Botrytis blight is an important disease and a major constraint to wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium and V. myrtilloides) production. The aim of this research was to address the goals of improving yields, improving ... -
Wild Chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm.) Management on Nova Scotia Dykes
(2014-03-28)Wild chervil is an invasive weed on NS dykes that out-competes grasses that provide protective cover and limit soil erosion. Mowing timing and frequency, herbicide application timing and type, as well as both combined, ... -
Will and Love: Shakespeare, Volition, and Theological Romance
(2017-02-06)This dissertation examines four of Shakespeare’s love-plays through the lens of the medieval tradition of theological romance in order to assess the playwright’s use of Augustinian psychology in his depiction of dramatic ... -
Winckelmanns Idee der Schönheit und ihr Einfluss auf Walter Pater
(2010-09-23)The following work deals with the idea of Beauty as seen in the work of Winckelmann and its influence on Walter Pater, the English critic. The concept of Beauty is to be analyzed chronologically. First of all, the ... -
Wind Allocation Methods for Improving Energy Security in Residential Space and Hot Water Heating
(2012-08-30)Worldwide, wind energy added to the energy mix of electricity suppliers may be seen as way of improving energy security and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, due to wind's variability wind electricity cannot be ... -
Winding Down and Looking Up: Weaving Activity Through Nature as a Method of Biophilic Design
(2012-12-10)Biophilia, the human-nature connection, stems from the evolution of humans and our affiliation with natural environments. This need for nature has been proven essential to our health and wellness. Younger generations, ... -
WINSTON 'HANGING HAIRY FROM A BRANCH'?: THE CREATION, DISSEMINATION AND VALIDITY OF A DUAL PORTRAIT OF WINSTON CHURCHILL AS BOTH RATIONAL AND PRESCIENT CONCERNING WORLD WAR TWO AND AN IRRATIONAL REACTIONARY TO INDIAN NATIONALISM
(2015-03-27)A dual portrait of Winston Churchill exists in contemporaneous and historical commentary. Churchill is viewed as irrational and fossilized in his attitudes towards India during the interwar and wartime periods yet as a ... -
Winter House for an Inuvialuit Family: Dwelling, Collective Memory, and the Qallunaat Designer in the Western Arctic
(2019-08-27)Contemporary housing in the western Arctic is frequently based on Euro-Canadian (qallunaat) concepts of the home, which are ill-suited to Inuvialuit (Inuit) ways of life. Additionally, the forced settlement of Inuit peoples ... -
WINTER SEASONAL CLIMATOLOGY, VARIABILITY, AND PREDICTION OF NORTHWEST ATLANTIC EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES
(2022-03-14)Winter Extratropical Cyclones (ETCs) are mid-latitude storms that regularly impact the east coast of North America. These storms are characterized by high winds and heavy precipitation (rain, snow, and ice). ETCs are well ... -
WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER VIA MAGNETIC RESONANT COUPLING
(2015)Small electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets are increasingly rooted in everyday life. To eliminate cable mess and make it easy to stay connected with always-charged electronic devices, magnetically coupled ... -
WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER VIA MAGNETICALLY COUPLED RESONANCE FOR SMALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES
(2018-04-24)The widespread use of all kinds of small portable devices have created the demands for wireless power transfer (WPT) systems that are proper for mobile devices. In this thesis, magnetically coupled resonance (MCR) WPT ... -
The Wisdom of Fallibilism in Augustine's Contra Academicos and Cicero's Academica Compared
(2019-09-03)On the Received Interpretation of Augustine’s CA, Augustine's primary aim is to refute the basic principles of Cicero's dogmatic Academic scepticism. In the Letter 1, however, Augustine says he tried to imitate rather than ... -
WITHIN VULNERABILTY: UNDERSTANDING THE PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES OF ENHANCED HOME VISITING PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES AND COMMUNITY HOME VISITORS
(2015)In Nova Scotia, a targeted Enhanced Home Visiting program began in 2002 as an enhancement to the universal healthy beginnings program for families requiring additional support at home with healthy child development. Public ... -
Witnessing the Darkness: Light Movements in the Poetry of Souvankham Thammavongsa
(2015)To date, Laotian Canadian poet Souvankham Thammavongsa has published three collections of poetry: Small Arguments (2003), Found (2007) and Light (2013). A former refugee and an immigrant to Canada, Thammavongsa is deeply ... -
Women and Children First: Intimate Partner Violence, Children's Well-Being & Child Labour in Ecuador
(2021-07-12)This dissertation examines the relationship between women’s ownership of economic resources, beliefs, values and childhood experiences of violence and intimate partner violence, the relationship between household chores ... -
Women and children's labour in rural economy: A case study of Western Province, Kenya, 1902-1985.
(Dalhousie University, 1991)