Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Ground State Degeneracy in the Twisted Sectors of Conway Moonshine
(2022-12-15)We discover a new and unexpected pattern in the ground state degeneracy of the N = 1 Conway Moonshine SVOA twisted sectors. The main goal of this thesis is to calculate the NS- and R- characters of the Co0-twisted R-sector ... -
GROUNDWATER INUNDATION OF COASTAL ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS: INVESTIGATING PRESENT AND FUTURE IMPACTS TO COASTAL WATERS
(2022-08-08)Coastal groundwater is a critical freshwater resource that supports human life, while coastal surface water supports both aquatic life and coastal industries (e.g., tourism, aquaculture). The quality of these critical ... -
Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions in the Mabou Harbour Drainage Basin and Potential for Harbour Contamination
(2021-03-04)Groundwater-borne contamination to coastal waters is a growing risk in the Canadian Maritimes region. Groundwater contaminants can enter the marine environment directly as submarine groundwater discharge, or indirectly as ... -
GROUP 1 LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT (LEA) PROTEINS CONTRIBUTE TO STRESS TOLERANCE IN ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA
(2014-03-21)The encysted embryos (cysts) of the crustacean Artemia franciscana have several molecular mechanisms to enable anhydrobiosis – life without water. This study examines the function of group 1 Late Embryogenesis Abundant ... -
Group 8 and 9 Bis(phosphino)silyl Pincer Complexes: Applications in Bond Activation and Catalysis
(2021-10-18)Advances in homogenous transition metal catalysis are vital for the development of improved, sustainable methodologies in chemical syntheses. Tridentate pincer ligands are highly tunable and are compatible with late 3d-, ... -
GROUP KEY SCHEMES FOR SECURITY IN MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS
(2010-04-20)In dynamic peer group communications, security has been in high demand by many applications in recent years. One of the more popular mechanisms to satisfy these security requirements is the group key scheme in which the ... -
Growing in Ghosts: A Methodology To Retrofit North American Abandoned Big Box Stores Into Successful Suburban Farms
(2021-04-08)Vertical farming uses controlled environments to maximize growth of edible plants with minimal water and pesticides. Simultaneously, consumers are transitioning to digital platforms, resulting in decreased utility of big-box ... -
Growing Indoors to Promote Food Sovereignty
(2012-08-02)This thesis proposes a destination restaurant, near Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Canada, that serves as an informative showcase of common food plants grown indoors, and allows visitors to experience the food cycle of growing, ... -
Growing Media Amendments and LED Light Interaction effect on Microgreens Plant Growth and Biochemical Composition
(2023-04-17)The key preharvest factors that can affect the edible quality of microgreens are genotypic characteristics, growing media, climate, and management practices. Microgreens are immature plants of vegetables, herbs, or even ... -
Growing the Network: Cultivating Alternative Food Systems in the Prairie City
(2019-08-06)The province of Alberta faces considerable challenges to food security due to urban expansion into agricultural land, loss of landscape identity, and deficits in fruit and vegetable production. While inefficient global ... -
Growth and bioenergetics of northern cod (Gadus morhua).
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Growth and Characterization of Mn2–xCoGe, Mn2–xRhGe and Mn2–xCoGe Thin Films
(2018-12-21)Skyrmions are the smallest possible thermodynamically stable magnetic state, and are therefore promising objects for information storage. New tetragonal structures within the vast Heusler family of compounds are predicted ... -
Growth in Context: An Exploratory Study of Vicarious Resilience in Child and Youth Care Counsellors
(2023-06-26)Vicarious resilience describes the positive transformation and growth that helping professionals may experience through interacting with the people they support. This study explores how Child and Youth Care Counsellors ... -
GUARDED BORDERS: COLONIALLY INDUCED BOUNDARIES AND MI’KMAQ PEOPLEHOOD
(2012-12-13)Despite vast research on North American Indigenous people and their struggles with sovereignty and autonomy, little attention has been paid to internal conflict within a First Nation. Inter community conflicts affect Mi’kmaq ... -
Guardians of the Seascape: Considering the Next Era of Lighthouses in Rural Nova Scotia Communities
(2016-12-21)This thesis studies ways in which architecture and the coastal infrastructure of lighthouses can help preserve a relationship with the seascape, encouraging rural Nova Scotian communities to engage and respond to their ... -
"Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs": Marty Robbins's Quest Into The LP Record Frontier
(2017-09-01)Marty Robbins’s 1959 album "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" has been critically acclaimed as a pioneering work as a concept album, one of the first of its kind in the country and western genre. This paper explores ... -
Gypsum powder recycled from waste drywalls as a partial cement replacement in concrete
(2020-04-14)This experimental study was divided into three main phases using recycled gypsum powder in concrete aiming to introduce a more sustainable and ecological alternative to traditional concrete, while maintaining adequate ... -
G’WAN WITCHA THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE! THE EXPERIENCES OF RACIALIZED PROFESSORS AT NOVA SCOTIAN UNIVERSITIES
(2022-04-29)Up to now, existing studies suggest that there is a lack of literature on the experiences of racialized professors in Canadian academia, particularly Black and South Asian professors. Through critical race theory and ... -
Habitable Cities: Modernism, Urban Space, and Everyday Life
(2010-09-01)The “Unreal City” of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land looms large over the landscape of critical inquiry into the metropolitan character of Anglo-American modernism. Characterized by the disorienting speed and chaos of modern ...