Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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“A Girl Called Dusty With the Sound of Motown:” Dusty Springfield, Mimesis, and the Genealogy of a Persona
(2013-09-03)Though British singer Dusty Springfield had a very prominent and successful career, she is often left out of the history books. Her North American legacy has been reduced to her album Dusty in Memphis, an inaccurate and ... -
GIS-BASED MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS (MCDA) FOR PRIORITIZING TREE-PLANTING SITES IN HALIFAX URBAN PARKS
(2018-08-31)In Halifax, the lack of canopy cover and urges for better management of urban forests stimulated the Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP), which was adopted by council in 2012. One goal of the UFMP is to increase the canopy ... -
GIVEN ITS ROLE, THE HALIFAX WATERSHED ADVISORY BOARD'S ABILITY TO INFLUENCE WATER RESOURCE PROTECTION: A CASE STUDY
(2007)Stakeholders engaged in land use planning and development in Halifax County and in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) have recognized Waters Advisory Boards (W ABs) for their expertise in water resource protection for ... -
Giving a Voice to Adolescents Living with a Sibling with Chronic Illness
(2013-12-19)The purpose of this phenomenological enquiry was to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be an adolescent living with a sibling who has a chronic illness. Children’s chronic illness has an impact on well siblings ... -
Glacial erosion in Atlantic and Arctic Canada determined by terrestrial in situ cosmogenic nuclides and ice sheet modelling.
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GLIAL DEVELOPMENT, SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY AND NEUROTRANSMITTER RECYCLING IN THE VISUAL SYSTEM OF THE FRUIT FLY DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
(2010-12-17)The visual system of the fruit fly is ideal for studying the association between neurons and glia. These interact during the morphogenesis of brain neuropiles and, in the adult, work together to maintain an ideal environment ... -
Global and local processing in object categorization.
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Global Animal Law and International Trade Law After EC-Seal Products: An Interactional Analysis
(2019-12-10)This thesis is a case study of the formation of new norms in international law. The norms are those that concern animal protection. The thesis argues that international trade law is playing a part in the development of ... -
The Global Fight against Base Erosion and Profit Shifting under the OECD’s Country-by-Country Reporting Rules: A Possible Solution?
(2017-09-01)The base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) phenomenon continues to create detrimental consequences in states. BEPS is engendered by two fundamental factors, namely, unhealthy fiscal policies of tax havens and preferential ... -
THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA: ASSESSING COMPLIANCE FROM GLOBAL HEALTH DONORS
(2016-04-11)The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) has a formidable position in the global health architecture owing to the significant resources it has garnered from major donors, and its influence in shaping ... -
Global governance and the Kimberley Process: The case of conflict diamonds and Sierra Leone.
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GLOBAL SCALE DRIVERS AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF THE TERRESTRIAL WATER BUDGET
(2015)Projected changes in the hydrological cycle have raised significant concern over future water availability and the sustainability of the world’s terrestrial ecosystems. In Chapter 2, I used a recently compiled dataset of ... -
Global Trends in Satellite-Derived Fine Particulate Matter & Developments to Reactive Nitrogen in a Global Chemical Transport Model
(2022-12-16)At present, air pollution is the leading global environmental risk factor for premature mortality. Highly respirable fine particulate matter (PM2.5) dominates this global burden of disease, while ozone makes smaller but ... -
Globalization, governance and development: The case of the Maldives.
(Dalhousie University, 2004) -
Globally-consistent three-dimensional simultaneous localization and mapping with multi-sensor fusion.
(Dalhousie University, 2007) -
GLUTAMATE CATABOLISM AND SUCCINATE PRODUCTION IN Fusobacterium varium
(2017-08-08)Important bacteria located in the human gut contribute to human health and disease. Further understanding of metabolism in the gut bacterium F. varium was developed in this thesis. The use of [13C5]glutamate and the analysis ... -
Glutamatergic calcium dynamics of rat retinal ganglion cells.
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Glycosaminoglycan synthesis and the initiation of secondary chondrogenesis in the embryo chick.
(Dalhousie University, 1976) -
Glycosphingolipid Metabolism and the Glycosphingolipid-Metabolizing Enzyme Beta-Glucosidase 2: Biochemical and Cell Biological Studies
(2021-01-07)Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are constituents of eukaryotic cell membranes and consist of a lipid (ceramide) linked to one or more sugar residues. GSLs occur in many structurally distinct forms, varying in both their lipid ...