Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Lower Bounds for Quantum Circuits
(2021-12-06)In quantum computing, computational tasks are represented by quantum circuits. These circuits are composed of gates whose physical realization comes at a cost. Typically, gates from the so-called Clifford group are considered ... -
Lower Limb Biomechanics in Response to Unexpected Walking Surface Translations During Gait in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Comparison Study to Healthy Asymptomatic Individuals
(2023-08-29)Knee osteoarthritis is a prevalent musculoskeletal condition affecting mobility and function. Walking surface perturbations unpredictably challenge individuals to test joint function. Thesis’ objectives were to determine ... -
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Multiple Subgroups of Immunocompromised Children: A Retrospective Cohort Study
(2020-08-31)Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are more likely to have severe impact on immunocompromised children. Hence, we determined among immunocompromised children (1) the incidence of LRTI hospitalizations, (2) ... -
Lower Shore Battery Interpretive Centre: Graffiti Writers, Wreck Divers, and Transatlantic Trade History at the York Redoubt
(2021-08-16)This thesis lays out the rationale, goals, and design of a center for graffiti writers, scuba divers, and an exhibition on trans-Atlantic trade history at the York Redoubt, near Halifax, Nova Scotia. It begins from personal ... -
Lowly Wisdom: An Ecological Reading of Book Eight in Paradise Lost
(2014-08-25)This thesis offers an ecocritical and rhetorical analysis of the archangel Raphael's discourse on the limits of human knowledge in Book Eight of Paradise Lost (8.64-178); my argument outlines the connection between a ... -
A Loyalist Plantation in Nova Scotia, 1784-1800
(2012-09-05)At the close of the American Revolution thousands of American Loyalists were forced into exile and made their way to British colonies beyond the United States. Most of the Loyalists landed in British North America, ... -
Luck and responsibility.
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Lyapunov-based Control Approaches for Networked Single and Multi-agent Systems with Communication Constraints
(2010-12-20)Networked control systems (NCSs) are feedback control systems with the feedback control loops closed via network. The origin of the term NCSs is from industrial systems where the plant and controller are often connected ... -
L’ART DE VIVRE, DE MOURIR ET DE REVENIR : UNE ÉTUDE DES ÉLÉMENTS APOCALYPTIQUES ET DIDACTIQUES DE LA « DANSE MACABRE » DES LOUPS RAVISSANS (1505) DE ROBERT GOBIN
(2021-12-20)This dissertation examines the final section of the printed book Les loups ravissans […] from the year 1505. This work is attributed to Robert Gobin and features a Danse macabre that serves as an example, not only of a ... -
L’ÉVOLUTION DE LA FIGURE DU PÈRE DANS L’ŒUVRE ROMANESQUE DE MARIE-CLAIRE BLAIS
(2011-04-04)The father figure has a strong but often hidden presence in Marie-Claire Blais’ novels. Although frequently absent from daily life, fathers have an important impact on the family. Blais’ early novels present traditional ... -
M-convexity, extension and equilibrium existence theorems in G-convex spaces.
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THE MAA-NULTH TREATY: HUU-AY-AHT YOUTH VISIONS FOR POST-TREATY LIFE, EMBEDDED IN THE PRESENT COLONIAL CONDITIONS OF INDIGENOUS-SETTLER RELATIONS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
(2012-11-26)On April 1, 2011, the Maa-nulth Treaty went into effect. Negotiated between five First Nations, the province of British Columbia and Canada, the Treaty concerned territories never before ceded on the west coast of Vancouver ... -
A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR ALERT BEHAVIOR RESPONSE MODELING TO MITIGATE ALERT FATIGUE IN HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(2019-04-23)This research investigates novel approaches to reduce the burden of alert fatigue faced by primary care physicians using Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) within EMR systems. CDSS issue a range of alerts to assist ... -
A Machine Learning Approach to Forecasting Consumer Food Prices
(2017-08-24)Building on the success of the Canada Food Price Report 2017 and its inclusion of a machine learning methodology, this research thesis posed and attempted to answer the following question, “What is the best way to predict ... -
Machine Learning based Framework for User-Centered Insider Threat Detection
(2021-08-25)Insider threat represents a major cyber-security challenge to companies, organizations, and government agencies. Harmful actions in insider threats are performed by authorized users in organizations. Due to the fact that ... -
A MACHINE LEARNING BASED LANGUAGE MODEL TO IDENTIFY COMPROMISED USERS
(2018-04-19)Identifying compromised accounts on online social networks that are used for phishing attacks or sending spam messages is still one of the most challenging problems of cyber security. In this research, the author explore ... -
A Machine Learning Framework for Host Based Intrusion Detection using System Call Abstraction
(2020-04-13)The number of cyber threats is increasing faster than the number of defensive strategies deployed to tackle those threats. An automated Intrusion Detection System (IDS) has the capability to detect, classify, and predict ... -
Machine-age satire: English literary satire between the wars.
(Dalhousie University, 1982) -
Macro Synthetic Fiber Addition To Concrete Marine Structures In Freeze Thaw Environments
(2012-10-23)Concrete marine structures are typically exposed to harsh marine environments where the ingress of chloride ions can lead to corrosion of steel reinforcing bars, reducing both strength and service life; therefore, concrete ...