Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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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.
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
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 ... -
MACRO-SCALE LEAD HALIDE PEROVSKITE CRYSTALS IN STABLE HIGH-EFFICIENCY PHOTODETECTOR APPLICATIONS
(2018-12-14)Scalable solution-processed methylammonium lead iodide-based perovskite materials are exhibiting high performance by controlling over the morphology, crystallinity, and crystal orientation in perovskite film. High-quality ... -
Macroeconomic Consequences of Publicly Provided Health Insurance: The South Korean Context
(2014-08-13)This dissertation studies the macroeconomic effects of providing public universal health insurance in South Korea. Since its inception in 1989, the South Korean government has increased the public health insurance benefit ... -
Macroinfaunal communities in seagrass beds in Atlantic Canada: Regional variation and the effects of eutrophication and finfish aquaculture
(2016-09-02)Seagrass beds are productive coastal ecosystems that harbour many different species of flora and fauna. The benthic macrofauna that live within the sediments perform important roles that contribute to the ecological ... -
MACROMOLECULAR AND MOLECULAR CHEMISTRY OF PHOSPHORUS-NITROGEN CAGES AND RINGS
(2023-12-14)A new class of main group polymers containing three-dimensional phosphorus-nitrogen (PN) cage motifs in the backbone are described in this work. The PN cages prepared are rigid, robust but amenable to metathesis chemistry ... -
MACROPHAGE AEBP1 CONTRIBUTES TO MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELL HYPERPLASIA AS A NOVEL REGULATOR OF SONIC HEDGEHOG SIGNALLING
(2012-12-14)Chronic inflammation stimulates mammary tumourigenesis by disrupting signalling interactions between the epithelial ducts and the surrounding stromal microenvironment. Adipocyte enhancer-binding protein 1 (AEBP1) promotes ... -
Macrophage Interactions with Decellularized Heart Valve Materials: Influence of Crosslinking Treatment
(2010-09-02)While macrophages have been implicated in the failure of bioprosthetic heart valves, there is no current literature on the macrophage response to crosslinked, native collagen. Using decellularized bovine pericardium (DBP) ... -
Macrosomic Infants Born to Non-diabetic Mothers in Nova Scotia: Determinants and Development of a Risk Prediction Model
(2016-07-22)This retrospective cohort study investigated the rates and risk factors of macrosomia in non-diabetic women and developed a clinically relevant model to predict macrosomia in mid-pregnancy. Logistic regression was used to ...