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Evaluating foliar fungicide efficacy, sensitivty and persistence to improve management of wild blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) foliar diseases
(2023-08-31)Wild blueberry foliar pathogens Thekopsora minima and Sphaerulina vaccinii, indirectly reduce wild blueberry yields. Determining alternative fungicide options for wild blueberry growers is required due to deregistration ... -
EVALUATING HABITAT AND HABITAT USE BY AMERICAN EEL (ANGUILLA ROSTATA)/KATEW IN THE BRAS D’OR LAKE /PITU’PAQ ESTUARY USING BENTHOSCAPE MAPS AND ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY
(2022-06-29)The American eel/Katew is a culturally significant and endangered species that has faced population declines on a global scale. The Bras d’Or Lake (BdOL)/Pitu’paq, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, offers a unique environment for ... -
EVALUATING INHIBITION OF DNA METHYLATION AND ALDH1A3 AS BREAST CANCER THERAPIES
(2020-09-01)Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among Canadian women. Patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) have poor prognoses, with inherently more aggressive disease and limited treatment options. New ... -
Evaluating Internships: Lessons Learned from Two Experiences
(2014-09-04)This thesis is an evaluation of two internships undertaken by the author in Halifax, Canada and Beijing, China. It includes a portfolio of research prepared during the internships. The papers are critically reviewed, a ... -
Evaluating Naphthalene Sorption to Cement-Based Solidification/Stabilization Additives
(2010-09-09)Solidification/Stabilization (S/S) is a low cost remedial technology that is being used with success to remediate sites that contain higher molecular weight organic compounds, leading to a need to research the interaction ... -
Evaluating Particle Migration Through A Geotextile Filter Cake Using Fluorescent Microspheres
(2023-05-21)Viable dewatering techniques are an effective method to manage large volumes of contaminated, high-water content dredged sediments but the passing of small particles with attached organic contaminants during dewatering can ... -
EVALUATING PREDICTIVE METABOLIC MODELLING TOOLS USING MICROBIOME SEQUENCING-METABOLOMIC DATA
(2021-12-16)Metabolomic technologies have been utilized increasingly in tandem with sequencing technologies in microbiome studies. Combined microbiome-metabolome approaches have fueled the discovery of many convincing associations ... -
Evaluating Risk Factors for Major Head Injuries in Nova Scotia: A Population-Based Study
(2011-04-12)Background: Examining factors unique to major head injury (HI) etiogenesis can help reduce the burden of injury by identifying factors amenable to prevention. Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of HI in Nova Scotia. ... -
EVALUATING SIMPLE REACTIVE AGENTS IN VISUAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TASKS
(2023-08-25)Visual formulations of reinforcement learning tasks are potentially challenging because (1) the state space is large and composed from pixels (so unlikely to be directly correlated with actions), (2) the underlying task ... -
Evaluating Textual Annotations with Interactive 3D Models
(2013-08-27)Annotations play a key role in explaining and elaborating 3D illustrations. They support users in identifying and establishing a visual link between different components within a 3D model. However, one major issue with ... -
Evaluating the Effect of a Diluent Composed of Biodiesel and Diesel on the Efficacy of the Wood Preservative Creosote
(2018-09-12)The goal of this project was to evaluate the effect of a diluent as a co-solvent in the wood preservative creosote. The diluent was composed of 80% soybean biodiesel and 20% petroleum diesel. Three main experiments were ... -
Evaluating the Effect of Biodiesel on the Efficacy of the Wood Preservative Copper Naphthenate
(2014-04-04)The efficacy of biodiesel as a co-solvent for copper naphthenate wood preservative treating solutions was evaluated using two fungal decay methodologies (AWPA E10-09, British Standard Method EN113). Four fungal species ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an 8-week Intervention for Reducing Sedentary Time and Increasing Physical Activity Levels for People with Acquired Brain Injury
(2023-07-19)Nova Scotia Health designed the Physical Activity After Acquired Brain Injury (PABI) program to improve the movement behaviours and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people with acquired brain injury (ABI). It was ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Visualization Design for Twitter Conversations on Academic Topics
(2016-01-05)Our research focuses on evaluating the efficiency of the combination of the computed scores and visual representations of features. W conducted a two-phased user study. The first phase were designed to determine the important ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES ON SURGEONS’ AVAILABILITY TO OPERATE: A COMPUTER SIMULATION APPROACH
(2012-04-04)Surgical services contribute to a large proportion of a hospital’s costs and revenues thus it is important to understand key performance drivers so that resources can be distributed in an informed way. Organizational ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES ON SURGEONS’ AVAILABILITY TO OPERATE: A COMPUTER SIMULATION APPROACH
(2011-12-16)Surgical services contribute to a large proportion of a hospital’s costs and revenues thus it is important to understand key performance drivers so that resources can be distributed in an informed way. Organizational ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CANADIAN PORT SECTOR
(2021-04-12)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 ... -
Evaluating the Energy Security Risks and Barriers to Electric Vehicle Adoption in Nova Scotia
(2020-12-15)As jurisdictions seek to pursue transportation-based emissions reductions, they face the challenge of electrifying the vehicles that operate within them. In this work, jurisdiction-generic methods are defined for analyzing ... -
Evaluating the Environmental Impacts of Conventional and Organic Apple Production in Nova Scotia, Canada, Through Life Cycle Assessment
(2013-08-19)Agricultural production and post-harvest supply systems are major causes of resource and energy consumption throughout the world, with associated emissions contributing to global scale environmental burdens. Focusing on ...