Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Fermentability of Canadian Two-Row Barley Malt: Wort Turbidity, Density, and Sugar Content as Measures of Fermentation Potential
(2013-08-22)The primary goal of this study was to investigate and compare the fermentation performance of malt produced from eleven Canadian two-row barley varieties grown during the 2007 and 2008 crop seasons. Common malting varieties ... -
A Few Square Meters: Blurring Boundaries and Designing for Urban Density in Hong Kong
(2022-04-13)A few square meters. This is the amount of space most Hong Kong residents can call their own in one of the most densely populated cities in the world. This thesis will aim to re-imagine these ‘few square meters’, in the ... -
Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) for Force Sensing in Biomechanics Applications
(2019-08-28)Fiber Optic (FO) sensors are robust, cheap, immune to electromagnetic interference (EMI) and compact, resulting in their high usability in harsh environments. Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) based sensors have emerged as a popular ... -
Fibre optic applications for dissolved carbon dioxide monitoring of marine geologic sequestration sites.
(2016-06-06)Abstract Marine-based Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) has the potential to reduce the rate at which CO2 is added to the atmosphere thereby contributing to the mitigation potential for anthropogenic climate ... -
Field adsorption of hydrogen on metal surfaces.
(Dalhousie University, 1992) -
Field adsorption, desorption and evaporation.
(Dalhousie University, 1992) -
Field Guide to an Urban Nature: Designing for ecological democracy on McNabs Island
(2017-05-12)In the middle of the city and on the edge of the ocean, McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park is an expansive protected area in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada’s largest metropolitan area. Given its location at ...