Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Fault Ride-Through Capability of Doubly-Fed Induction Generators Based Wind Turbines
(2013-03-18)Due to growing concerns over climate change, more and more countries are looking to renewable energy sources to generate electricity. Therefore, wind turbines are increasing in popularity, along with doubly-fed induction ... -
Fear Not the Language of the World: Red Reading Literacy in The Book of Margery Kempe
(2023-12-12)My doctoral project, “Fear Not the Language of the World: Red Reading Literacy in The Book of Margery Kempe,” integrates Métis, Mi’kmaq, Cherokee, Coast Salish, and Nisga’a teachings with Western scholarship on story, ... -
The Feasibility and Impact of a Yoga Intervention on Cognitive and Physical Performance among People Living with HIV
(2021-05-05)This dissertation consists of three main projects. Project 1: Cognitive impairment is common among people living with HIV (PLWH). Physical activity has emerged as a potential management strategy for cognitive impairment. ... -
The feasibility of separating concurrent sources in cardiac magnetic field and body surface potential maps.
(Dalhousie University, 1994) -
Feasibility Study of Using Cement Kiln Dust as a Chemical Conditioner in the Treatment of Acidic Mine Effluent
(2010-08-17)Water contaminated due to mining activities is often acidic and can contain high concentrations of dissolved metals. Cement kiln dust (CKD) is a fine-grained, alkaline material that is generated as a by-product of cement ... -
Feature based adaptive motion model for better localization
(2014-05-13)In the 21st century, we are moving ahead in making robots a ubiquitous part of our everyday life. The need for a robot to interact with the environment has become a necessity. The interaction with the world requires a sense ... -
Feature-Based Mesh Simplification With Quadric Error Metric Using A Line Simplification Algorithm
(2010-09-13)Mesh simplification is an important task in Computer Graphics due to the ever increasing complexity of polygonal geometric models. Specifically in real-time rendering, there is a necessity that these models, which can be ... -
Features of apatite in kimberlite from Ekati Diamond Mine and Snap Lake: modelling kimberlite composition
(2017-12-14)Magmatic volatiles (H2O, CO2, F, Cl) and the timing of fluid exsolution have implications for kimberlite melt composition, eruption and preservation of diamonds. Apatite, Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH), is a common groundmass mineral ... -
Federal influence on adult education: The Adult Occupational Training Act (1967) in Nova Scotia.
(Dalhousie University, 1991) -
The Federal Task Force on Housing and Urban Development and the Limits of Participatory Democracy, 1968-1969
(2017-07-17)The 1969 Report of Task Force on Housing and Urban Development marks a point of intersection between Canadian housing policy and the participatory democracy movement of the 1960s. While the Task Force was announced during ... -
FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF FOLSOMIA CANDIDA AS INFLUENCED BY DIET-SWITCHING IN THE PRESENCE OF LIVE MAIZE ROOTS
(2013-11-22)ABSTRACT Collembola are known to feed on soil fungi, mycorrhizae and plant derived products. A recent study revealed that one species of Collembola, Protaphorura fimata, completely switched from decomposer to herbivore ... -
FEEDING BEHAVIOUR, DISPERSAL, AND COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF CARABIDAE FOUND IN NOVA SCOTIA LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY FIELDS
(2018-08-31)Carabidae can be important pest control agents in many agricultural systems, and research on lowbush blueberry carabid communities is underdeveloped. In laboratory no-choice test experiments, I showed that Pterostichus ... -
FEEDING MICROSTRUCTURE APPROACHING CESSATION IN LARVAL MANDUCA SEXTA: EFFECTS OF SATIATION, IMMUNE CHALLENGE, MOLTING, AND PREDATOR STRESS.
(2018-10-12)As animals approach satiation, their motivation to feed decreases. However, there are a variety of factors other than satiation that can affect feeding motivation. The tobacco hornworm caterpillar, Manduca sexta, is an ... -
Feeding physiology of suspension-feeding bivalves: Inter- and intraspecific plasticity
(2022-08-03)Suspension-feeding bivalves play important ecological roles in many marine environments, functioning as links between pelagic and benthic ecosystems, and providing habitat and food for invertebrates and juvenile fish. ... -
Feeling the Pull of Gravity: Reconnecting Recreation, Nature, and Community through Public Outdoor Recreation Facilities in Revelstoke, British Columbia
(2012-08-10)This thesis suggests that architectural interventions can aid in reintegrating an ethos of interconnectedness between recreationists and nature, as well as between recreationists and community, by emphasizing and intertwining ... -
The female character and the theme of identity a study in the fiction of Nadine Gordimer and Bessie Head.
(Dalhousie University, 1984) -
Female Students with Acquired Brain Injury: Experiences in University
(2013-08-20)Brain injury has become a more topical issue over the past decade, however limited research has been done on experiences of university students and few are specific to female students. The research question became: “How ... -
Femininity and the Factory: Women’s Labouring Bodies in the Moir’s Candy Plant, 1949-1970
(2012-08-21)In post-war Canada, married women’s labour force participation rose dramatically. Labour historians have studied this trend with a primary focus on married women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market. This thesis ... -
"Feminism Lives in the Body": The Healing Experiences of Feminism and Yoga for Women Survivors of Sexualized Violence
(2016-12-14)Research exploring the intersection of feminism and yoga with women survivors of sexualized violence in scant. It has been shown that sexualized violence survivors have experienced significant healing through feminist ...