Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Art, Mind and Evolution
(2017-09-01)I argue that the fact that the purpose of art is still open to theorizing is perhaps one of the stronger arguments for art behaviors being instinctual. After exploring and critiquing a selection of evolutionary theories ... -
Articulating Ecology: Brownfield Remediation, Urban Agriculture and Prospects for Community Revitalization
(2015)2015 has been declared the International Year of Soils by the United Nations. This proclamation emphasizes the soil as a basis for life and culture, its importance for agriculture, and its fragility when threatened by ... -
Articulating the Fall: Satan's Instrumental Rhetoric in Paradise Lost
(2023-08-30)Milton’s Paradise Lost establishes itself as a song from its first invocation of the muse. Approaching the poem as a musical composition, this paper examines the acoustic properties of Satan’s rhetoric. Specifically, this ... -
An Artificial Neural Network as a Simulation Metamodel to Determine Production Parameters in a Specialized Manufacturing Setting
(2015)The material handling system of a specialized production line is evaluated using a discrete-event simulation model. The object-oriented simulation model is built to allow changes to machine programmable logic, machine ... -
ARTIFICIAL REEFS AS A PLATFORM FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION IN CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS
(2019-03-19)Artificial reefs (ARs) increasingly are being deployed to mitigate damage to coral reef ecosystems from local anthropogenic stressors and climate change. Evaluating the efficacy of ARs in enhancing or sustaining reef ... -
Artificial selection on growth and age at maturation of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linn.) in Thailand.
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ARTIV BCI: AUGMENTED REALITY + TABLET INTERFACE FOR VISUALIZING BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE DATA
(2022-11-03)Over-plotting and screen size are issues that challenge multivariate data visualization, even on large displays. Large datasets make scrolling through data tedious, and pose difficulties in isolating data points. Multivariate ... -
Ascophyllm nodosum Extracts Improve Shelf Life and Nutritional Quality of Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.)
(2010-11-26)In order to develop an environmentally friendly seaweed extract treatment which will benefit both pre- and post-harvest qualities of vegetables, the effects of pre-harvest application of the brown algae Ascophyllum nodosum ... -
Aspects chorégraphiques chez Claire Denis et François Ozon : vers une cinéchorégraphie
(2015)This work proposes to study the bridging (rapprochements) between contemporary cinema and modern dance, and how, through their interactions, there emerges a new cinematographic writing. This parallel between the two ... -
Aspects of domination and dynamic domination.
(Dalhousie University, 1997) -
Aspects of fungal pathogenesis in Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) (Heteroptera, Miridae).
(Dalhousie University, 2006) -
Aspects of neurotransmission in the retina of the newt ( Notophthalmus viridescens).
(Dalhousie University, 1982) -
Aspects of photo-metabolism in the blue-green alga Anacystis nidulans.
(Dalhousie University, 1972) -
Aspects of Singing Behaviour and Song perception in Two North American Forest Songbirds, Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) and Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
(2016-02-17)Birdsong, used mainly by male songbirds, is centrally important to breeding behaviour as part of both territorial defense and mate attraction. Song perception is therefore important for both males and females, as they rely ... -
Aspects of the history of the Bangwaketse to 1910.
(Dalhousie University, 1977)