Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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An Analysis of Time-Loss Duration Following Work-Related Traumatic Injuries to the Hand and Wrist
(2010-07-19)Objective: The purposes of this thesis included: i) To explore the annual incidence and time-loss duration of traumatic, work-related injuries of four nature-of-injury (fractures, nerve lacerations, tendon lacerations/disruptions ... -
Analysis of Ultraviolet Disinfection on Microbial Activity and Validation of Rapid Testing Methods
(2017-11-30)A faster testing method for quantifying microbiological contamination in wastewater is proposed and validated in this research. ATP analysis, in conjunction with incubation in a nutrient broth to is used to better represent ... -
Analysis of Unilateral Digital Tax Measures in Developing and Emerging Economies Using Nigeria as a Case Study: Looking Beyond the "Digital Tax Extremes" in International Tax Law & Policy
(2024-08-27)The emergence of digital businesses has disrupted corporate income tax rules in international tax law and policy, which are based on taxable physical presence within a jurisdiction. Digital businesses have little to no ... -
Analysis of valproic acid induced side effects: Polycystic ovary syndrome and weight gain.
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Analysis of yeast 2mum plasmid segregation.
(Dalhousie University, 2001) -
Analytical and Nanotechnological Methods for Detection of 3-OH Oxylipins and Cell Ultrastructure in Fermenting Yeasts
(2016-11-14)While 3-hydroxy (OH) oxylipins, a class of hydroxy free fatty acids (FFA), have been previously presumed to play a role in the industrially important brewing yeast flocculation phenomenon, the exact biological function was ... -
Analytical and numerical approaches to determine the second-order forces in wave-body interactions.
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ANALYZING AES POWER TRACES FOR SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACK: GENERATION, CLASSIFICATION, KEY DEDUCTION, AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES
(2024-08-06)Side-channel attacks (SCAs) exploit leakages from a system’s physical implementation, like acoustic signals, electromagnetic, and power emissions, to deduce sensitive information, thus bypassing traditional security ... -
ANALYZING COVID19 TWEETS USING HEALTH BEHAVIOURS THEORIES AND CLASSIFICATION MODELS
(2021-04-30)In order to explain people's health habits, Health Behaviour Theories has been used to analyze posts on social media during previous incidents. With regard to the pandemic, social media data can expose public attitudes and ... -
Analyzing Large Scale Wi-Fi Data Using Supervised and Unsupervised Learning Techniques
(2017-01-06)With the increasing number of Wi-Fi enabled portable devices, and the ubiquitous Wi-Fi networks, analyzing multiple aspects of a population is becoming more insightful, inexpensive and non-intrusive. Network packets ... -
Analyzing the Accuracy of Estimates of Dental Curing Light Degradation from Cell Phone Images
(2020-05-11)Modern dentistry uses light-curing resin-based composites as restorative/flling materials. The LCU (dental light curing unit) is a device emitting blue light or a combination of blue and ultraviolet light to be placed ... -
ANALYZING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INCOME INEQUALITY AND MORTALITY INEQUALITY
(2020-12-16)This research examines the association between income inequality and mortality inequality. Analysis was drawn on statistics from a sample of 178 countries. This was broken down into three sub-samples comprising 107 countries ... -
Anatomical and behavioural analysis of the role of acetylcholine and nerve growth factor in the mammalian circadian system.
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The anatomical and phylogenetic nature of the first mitochondrial ancestor
(2020-01-21)Mitochondria are cell organelles that evolved by endosymbiosis. Even though the nature of the last mitochondrial common ancestor is well constrained, little is known about the nature of the first mitochondrial common ... -
And he loved light rather than darkness: Giacomo Leopardi’s Poetics and Pessimism in the Work of Matthew Arnold, George Eliot, and A. E. Housman
(2018-12-03)This thesis examines a selection of the work of three Victorian writers: Matthew Arnold, George Eliot, and A. E. Housman, in light of their interest in the Romantic-era Italian poet-philosopher Giacomo Leopardi. While often ... -
Androgen glucuronides: Markers of in vivo and in vitro androgen metabolism.
(Dalhousie University, 1990) -
Angiogenesis as a pathologic mechanism and novel therapeutic target in an animal model of multiple sclerosis
(2013-03-22)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. We hypothesize that angiogenesis results in new vessels which serve as a conduit for immune cell recruitment in MS, and contribute ... -
ANGIOTENSIN II-INDUCED HEART FAILURE DIFFERS BETWEEN THE SEXES AND EXACERBATES FRAILTY IN A SEX SPECIFIC FASHION IN OLDER C57BL/6 MICE
(2021-08-06)This study investigated sex differences in cardiac remodeling in an angiotensin II (Ang II) infused mouse model of heart failure (HF) in older C57BL/6 mice and whether HF exacerbates frailty in a sex-specific fashion. Male ...