Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Investigation into mechanisms of treatment resistance and heterogeneity in breast cancer and acute promyelocytic leukemia
(2021-09-14)Treatment failure remains a leading contributor to cancer related death despite considerable advances in detection and treatment approaches. Several factors contribute to treatment failure including the high degree of tumor ... -
An investigation into the development and content of HIV prevention and harm reduction policies in Nova Scotia: Do they address the needs of women who inject drugs?
(2012-03-12)Background: Women who inject drugs continue to represent a disproportionate percentage of new cases of HIV in Canada (PHAC, 2006). However, in Nova Scotia, HIV has still not been conceptualized as a major health issue, ... -
Investigation into the Effect of Groove Geometry on Grinding Performance in Creep-Feed Grinding
(2019-08-15)This work investigates the effects of different groove depths and groove widths on grinding performance in creep-feed grinding using circumferentially grooved grinding wheels. Using two constant-width diamond tools having ... -
Investigation into the feasibility of implementing piezoelectric patches for sensing and actuation of structural components.
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE VISUAL CORTEX IN AUDITORY LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND VERBAL WORKING MEMORY IN EARLY BLIND INDIVIDUALS
(2022-08-29)This fMRI study compared brain activity in early blind and sighted individuals to; 1) determine how linguistic information reaches the visual cortex in blind individuals via effective connections from the language network ... -
An investigation into the solubility behavior of phosphorite in seawater.
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Investigation of a Dog's Ability to Detect Ketosis in Dairy Cows
(2021-04-09)Cows can be in a state of sub-clinical ketosis before any of the clinical signs such as a decreased appetite, weight loss, and decreased milk production are present. In order to manage the incidence of ketosis it is important ... -
An Investigation of a Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm applied to Encrypted Traffic Identification
(2010-08-24)This work explores the use of a Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA) for both, feature selection and cluster count optimization, for an unsupervised machine learning technique, K-Means, applied to encrypted traffic ... -
Investigation of Antifreeze Protein Activity in Blue Mussels and Amyloid-Like Transition in a Predominant Winter Flounder Serum Antifreeze Protein
(2013-10-28)The study of marine antifreeze proteins has provided new findings. The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) was known to have antifreeze activity; however, the antifreeze protein or other molecule responsible has never been ... -
Investigation of Bioaugmentation and Other Process Changes and Their Effects on Ammonia Removal at a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility
(2022-09-09)The primary objective of this research was to determine the process changes responsible for the improvement of ammonia removal in a municipal WWTF, in addition to determining the success of a pilot bioaugmentation project. ... -
INVESTIGATION OF BIOLOGICAL AERATED FILTRATION FOR IMPROVED BOD REMOVAL FOLLOWING HIGH-RATE CLARIFICATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
(2024-08-25)The Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations (WSER) were enacted in 2012 under the Fisheries Act and is the primary federal legislation in Canada to regulate national wastewater treatment. The regulations specified that the ... -
INVESTIGATION OF BIOLOGICAL FILTRATION FOR REMOVAL OF MANGANESE FROM DRINKING WATER
(2019-11-28)Reduced iron and manganese in drinking water can cause aesthetic concerns and manganese has potential neurotoxic effects. Biofiltration is a proven but poorly understood method for removal of manganese from drinking water. ... -
INVESTIGATION OF CARCINOGENIC PESTICIDE-ASSOCIATED N-NITROSO COMPOUNDS IN HUMAN SERUM AND URINE IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
(2020-08-28)N-nitroso compounds form during acid-catalyzed reactions between certain nitrogen-containing compounds and nitrite. Approximately 90% of over 300 N–nitroso compounds have shown evidence of carcinogenicity. Pesticide-associated ... -
INVESTIGATION OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY-GROOVED GRINDING WHEELS FOR CREEP-FEED GRINDING
(2015-01-13)This work investigates experimentally the use of a circumferentially-grooved grinding wheel on the creep-feed grinding process. The work was divided into three main objectives which are: investigating the performance of ... -
AN INVESTIGATION OF COLLISIONS AND INJURY SEVERITY LEVELS IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2014-10-14)The social and economic burden imposed on society by road collisions is a major issue in Nova Scotia and across jurisdictions. In Nova Scotia, road safety related injuries are the greatest contributor to the economic and ... -
Investigation of Disinfection By-Product Formation Potential Test Methodologies in Drinking Water Systems
(2015-04-06)Natural organic matter (NOM) is present in all surface waters and is a major issue in drinking water treatment plants. If introduced into the distribution system, NOM will react with chlorine to form harmful disinfection ... -
AN INVESTIGATION OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY DIFFERENCES IN PARTICIPANTS RECOVERED FROM A LOW BACK INJURY
(2017-12-14)Introduction: The purpose of this analysis was to investigate for differences in EMG activity between a recovered LBI military and non-military population during a standardized functional task. Methods: A secondary analysis ... -
An Investigation of Event-Related Brain Potentials Evoked by Feedback During Prism Adaptation
(2015)Prism adaptation (PA) demonstrates how the brain can adapt to a shifted visual field and also serves as a promising rehabilitation approach for treating visuo-spatial neglect (VSN) – a condition marked by deficits in ...