Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Architectures and algorithms for stable and constructive learning in discrete time recurrent neural networks.
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Are all smokers the same? The impact of nicotine and non-nicotine factors on cigarette smoking among Light and Intermittent, and Daily Dependent Smokers
(2019-08-07)Light and/or intermittent smokers (LITS) and daily dependent smokers (DDS) differ in their smoking patterns and motivations, but the role of nicotine in such differences is unclear. This study assessed the independent and ... -
Are Human Rights an Effective Remedy? Children, Sexual Violence, and Criminal Justice in Ethiopia
(2014-08-08)This thesis is an in-depth examination of the rights of child victims of sexual violence seeking legal redress in the Ethiopian criminal justice system. It explores children’s susceptibility to various injustices as they ... -
Are Immigrants More Likely to Retire Later Than Canadian-Born Workers
(2012-12-14)The work participation rate is one of the most important factors that affects the Canadian economy and early retirement can have an important negative impact on this rate. This paper focuses on differences in the preferences ... -
ARE MEASUREMENTS OF HIP EXTENSION AND ANTERIOR PELVIC TILT TAKEN FROM STATIC PHOTOGRAPGHS DURING A CONSTRAINED FORWARD LUNGE TEST VALID AND RELIABLE IN HEALTHY ADULT RUNNERS?
(2011-09-06)The aim of this study was to determine the concurrent validity, test-retest intra-rater reliability, and test-retest inter-rater reliability of photographic measures of anterior pelvic tilt range of motion (APT ROM) and ... -
ARE THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF COMPUTER USERS AS IDENTIFIED THROUGH A PARTICIPATORY ERGONOMIC APPROACH REFLECTED IN THE CONTENT OF A TYPICAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY OFFICE ERGONOMIC EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION?
(2012-08-28)Using a participatory ergonomic approach, this research explored if the self-identified needs and concerns of computer users are reflected in a typical occupational therapy office ergonomic educational presentation. While ... -
Are there anisotropies in covert and overt visual orienting?
(2010-09-01)Two recent studies suggest that Inhibition of Return (IOR) varies in magnitude as a function of target location for overt orienting tasks but not covert orienting tasks. Unfortunately, methodological differences between ... -
Are we just playing games? Examining the motor skill and physical activity benefits of two after-school programs.
(2013-08-14)This project measured the effectiveness of after school physical activity programs which emphasized moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and motor skill improvement. Children (n=41) from sport-based program and ... -
Are we out to lunch? Are the dietary strategies we share on social media effective in mitigating climate change?
(2019-12-13)To mitigate climate change, it is necessary to shift global dietary patterns towards lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. How the public pursues this goal is important, and social media data offer an opportunity to assess ... -
Are You Hungrier Than a Fifth Grader? The Rise of the Monstrous Child in The Walking Dead
(2016-09-01)Contemporary Western zombie narratives have become overrun with the little girl zombie. This figure exists in a liminal space: its function in the narrative is difficult to pinpoint because—even as monster—it is often ... -
Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas on Divine and Human Happiness
(2018-12-13)This thesis aims to compare Aristotle’s and Thomas Aquinas’s doctrines of divine and human happiness. I argue that the doctrine of participation creates a significant difference between the two theories. I proceed by first ... -
Aristotle on Phantasia
(2005-10)This text will argue that Aristotelian phantasia does not form a full capacity in the psyche and, instead, by drawing on its causal origins in perception, acts as an activity serving in the role of helpmate to capacities ... -
Aristotle on Philia
(2014-08-22)Aristotle devotes two books of the Nicomachean Ethics—one fifth of the whole work—to the topic of philia, but the relation between these treatments and the rest of the work is unclear. My thesis shows the importance of ... -
Aristotle transfigured: Dante and the structure of the "Inferno" and the "Purgatorio".
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
Aristotle's Concept of Analogy and its Function in the Metaphysics
(2016-08-31)This thesis aims to settle an old dispute concerning Aristotle’s concept of analogy and its function in the Metaphysics. The question is whether Aristotle’s theory of pros hen legomena, things predicated in reference to ... -
Aristotle's Ethics of Goodness: A Study of the Self in Aristotle's Ethics and Politics
(2019-04-03)Aristotle's assumptions about the structure of the self and its relationship to society differ greatly from those which are prevalent in modern European philosophical discourse. This can be an obstacle to understanding ... -
Arrian's Events After Alexander in Photius
(2014-08-25)This study seeks to examine Photius' 9th-century summary of Arrian's Events After Alexander. The original work, which no longer survives, records the early history of the successors to Alexander's empire. While Photius' ... -
The Arrival, Reception, and Immediate Integration of Holocaust Survivors in Halifax, 1945 to 1955
(2017-08-23)This thesis explores the experiences of Holocaust survivors in Halifax and the role the city played in the reception of survivors from 1945 to 1955. Fundamentally, it argues that the Halifax Jewish community had an important ... -
Art Gallery as Bridge Between Port Industry and City
(2021-07-26)For centuries port industry has played a vital role in Halifax, occupying the majority of its waterfront. As shipping developed, ports moved to specialized suburban areas, allowing cities to redevelop their urban waterfront. ... -
Art in the City: A New Vancouver Art Gallery as a Means of Re-affirming Culture and Vitalizing the Urban Realm
(2011-04-11)This thesis explores the possibility that a well designed and situated urban art gallery might improve a problematic urban condition in Vancouver. The aim is to vitalize a neglected urban space, and connect the waterfront ...