Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Habitat dependence of population abundance and variability in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
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Habitat of Galápagos sperm whales: A cultural perspective and implications for conservation
(2017-12-13)Habitat models elucidate species-environment relationships and inform conservation. But the influence of environmental variables on habitat use is scale-dependent and influenced by behaviour. Sperm whales (Physeter ... -
Habitat Suitability Mapping of the American Lobster for Use in Marine Spatial Planning
(2018-08-07)Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a management tool which could help mitigate the conflict that exists between the American lobster fishery and the net-pen salmon aquaculture industry in the Canadian Maritime provinces. ... -
Haemodynamic profiling for diagnosing and treating hypertension.
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HAITIAN MIGRANTS AT THE MEXICO-U.S. BORDER: HEGEMONY, THE INTEGRAL STATE, AND SUBALTERN CLASSES
(2023-07-03)This dissertation is an ethnographic and theoretical exploration to Haitian migrant experiences in the border city of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Thousands of Haitians arrived in Tijuana from South America in mid-2016, ... -
The Haitian-Dominican Contradiction: Migration and Development in the Dominican Republic
(2017-07-26)This thesis explores the connection between migration and development in the Dominican Republic, specifically in regards to people of Haitian descent there. To examine the connection, perceptions held by Dominican citizens ... -
Hall of mirrors: A critical analysis of ethics and epistemic injustice in the use of health-related metaphors
(2024-05-28)This dissertation explores some of the ethical and epistemic implications of metaphors, with particular attention to those used in health-related communication. Analogical reasoning, including that brought about through ... -
HAPTOGLOBIN PHENOTYPE, HDL-CHOLESTEROL RAISING THERAPY (FIBRATE), AND RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EVENTS WITHIN THE ACTION TO CONTROL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN DIABETES (ACCORD) LIPID TRIAL
(2020-08-21)Background: The failure of many clinical trials aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD) by pharmacologically raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol has cast doubt on the idea that more HDL-cholesterol ... -
Haptoglobin Phenotype, Intensive Blood Pressure Control, and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, and Stroke within the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Randomized Control Trial
(2024-07-17)Background: A relationship between hypertension and risk of CVD is widely reported in T2DM. However, clinical studies of intensive blood pressure control therapy (targeting a systolic pressure of less than 120mm Hg) or ... -
The harbour seal, Phoca vitulina concolor, in eastern Canada.
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HARDENING SOFT INFORMATION IN CREDIT RATING: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL CULTURE
(2023-12-07)Credit ratings play a central role in disseminating credit information to market participants and in shaping a firm's financing and capital structure. However, recent evidence suggests that global rating standards change ... -
"The Hardest Button to Button" - A Critical Analysis of Jack White and the White Stripes
(2013-04-10)Since their original formation in the summer of 1997, Detroit rock duo, the White Stripes have occupied a formidable and well-publicized position within the context of American music. Despite this accomplished status, the ... -
Harmonic Analysis On Affine Groups: Generalized Continuous Wavelet Transforms
(2021-08-18)The set of all invertible affine transformations of a two dimensional real vector space forms a locally compact group G2 that is isomorphic to the semi-direct product group formed when GL2(R) acts on R2 in the obvious ... -
HARMONICS ANALYSIS OF A WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM WITH A PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR
(2015-03-03)Global energy demands are growing daily, with renewable energy options such as wind power emerging as attractive alternatives to fossil fuels. This thesis is mainly doing simulation using Matlab to filter harmonics which ...