Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Emotion Regulation and Sexual Well-being Among Long-term Couples
(2023-03-22)Sexual well-being is a key contributor to overall well-being and relationship quality. Unfortunately, sexual problems and declines in sexual well-being are common for couples over time. Couples also have challenges navigating ... -
An Empirical Analysis of Cross-entropy Based and Metric-based Methods on North Atlantic Right Whale Acoustic Data
(2020-06-11)With increasing concern for marine species extinction, a massive effort has been made to conserve, prevent, and search for a sustainable solution. However, data labeling is a labor-heavy and time-consuming work, resulting ... -
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE ADOPTION OF MOBILE NEWS ARTICLES: FOCUSING ON HEURISTIC AND SYSTEMATIC CUES OF CURATED MOBILE NEWS APPS
(2021-01-11)Online curated news apps, such as Inshorts, have been becoming increasingly popular, largely because they provide users with the highlights of news articles that have been specifically selected for them. Each curated news ... -
Empirical tests of Lerdahl and Jackendoff's (1983) low-level group preference rules for the parsing of melody.
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
Employment Experiences, Precarity, and Belonging of Immigrant Youth in Halifax
(2022-06-28)Employment is a crucial part of the integration of immigrants and young people ages (18- 30) are an integral part of the migrant population as they account for more than 50% of the total immigrant population in Canada. ... -
Empowering university teachers in China: Possibilities and constraints in the economic transition period.
(Dalhousie University, 1997) -
Empowering Urban Agriculture: A Case Study of Training Programs Targeting Women Farmers in Uganda
(2019-04-29)Wakiso District in Uganda is undergoing rapid urbanization which is disrupting traditional agricultural livelihoods. As land and other resources become increasingly scarce, farmers are turning to urban agriculture techniques ... -
EMPTY COMMITMENTS? THE INDIGENOUS WATER CRISIS IN CANADA AND THE COMMITMENT TO ENDING ALL DRINKING WATER ADVISORIES ON FIRST NATION RESERVES
(2022-04-12)In 2016 the Government of Canada (GoC) committed to ending all long-term drinking water advisories (DWAs) in First Nation communities by March 2021. By not fulfilling the 2016 commitment the GoC fails to fulfill its promise ... -
EMPWRD: Enhanced Modular Platform for People with Rigid Disabilities
(2019-08-27)Neurological disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can lead to severe mobility limitations. ALS has even been described as “locked-in” syndrome, since the brain is functional, but the personality is locked ... -
(En)countering the Organizing Logics of the Canadian-State: Immigrant Perspectives amidst Settler-Colonial and Climate Crises
(2023-08-31)Academic inquiry of the climate crisis is incomplete without attending to the impacts of settler-colonialism. By building on analyses and critiques of settler-colonial theory, this thesis argues that modern climate change ... -
Enabling empowerment or managing medical cases? Occupational therapy's mental health work.
(Dalhousie University, 1994) -
Enacting and/or Retreating: A Theory of Registered Nurses' Practice of Accountability
(2011-04-15)In the current context of health care, the registered nurses’ perception and enactment of accountability may be constrained by many factors out of their control. The purpose of this research was to examine how registered ... -
Enacting Change: Theatre for Development and Former Child Soldiers
(2019-08-21)Enacting Change investigated if Theatre be used to activate Psychological processes to change attitudes toward child soldier reintegration and post-conflict community reconciliation. Twenty Lord’s Resistance Army returnees ... -
ENCAPSULATION OF BIOACTIVE SALMON PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES WITH CHITOSAN-COATED LIPOSOMES
(2014-08-26)Bioactive low molecular weight protein hydrolysates need to be protected, transported to the targeted absorption site, and released in a controlled manner to optimize their effectiveness during oral administration. The ... -
Encouraging Interaction: Neighbourhood-Specific Computational Design
(2019-04-05)Most high-density urban housing, while successful in meeting escalating population and financial demands, fails to sustain the local identity and community that make cities desirable. While high density typologies tend to ... -
AN END-TO-END DECENTRALIZED INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DATA MODEL
(2023-08-29)In today’s data-driven society, the demand for secure, efficient, and decentralized data storage and communication solutions has become increasingly critical. This thesis explores the design and implementation of an ... -
Endocannabinoid system modulation of the ocular immune response
(2015)The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is an endogenous lipid signaling system, comprised of receptors, ligands, and their degradative enzymes. The cannabinoid 2 receptor (CB2R) is localized on immune cells and modulates immune ... -
Endocrine and paracrine regulation of integrin alpha(v)beta(3) in bovine endometrium.
(Dalhousie University, 2003) -
Endocrinological and environmental cues underlying the seasonal migrations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.).
(Dalhousie University, 2001) -
Endosymbiotic Gene Transfer in the Nucleomorph containing organisms Bigelowiella natans and Guillardia theta
(2012-12-12)Mitochondria and chloroplasts are eukaryotic organelles that were acquired through endosymbiosis. In the case of the mitochondrion, a heterotrophic cell engulfed and retained an alpha-proteobacterium. The engulfed bacterium, ...