Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF DAMAGED REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPES REPAIRED WITH LAYERED SANDWICH FIBER COMPOSITES
(2021-04-08)Trenchless pipe repair can offer time and cost savings over traditional excavation and replacement of damaged pipes. Conventional repair methods using prefabricated steel liners are not effective due to significant loss ... -
MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE MICROBIAL CELLS USING MEMS
(2017-06-02)In this study, the mechanical properties of single yeast cells (baker’s and brewer’s strains) were measured by an on-chip PolyMUMPs MEMS squeezer in aqueous media. An electrothermal actuator with mechanical amplifiers was ... -
MECHANICAL CONTROL OF HEART RATE: INVESTIGATING DETERMINANTS OF THE CHRONOTROPIC RESPONSE TO SINOATRIAL NODE STRETCH
(2020-12-08)The sinoatrial node (SAN) is heavily regulated by multiple factors, including stretch, enabling adaptation of heart rate to changes in physiological demand. Right atrial distention, caused by an increase in venous return ... -
Mechanical Design of a Customizable Self-Expanding Endovascular Stent
(2015)Stent migration and endoleak are common failure mechanisms for endovascular repair, both of which can be partially attributed to a lack in understanding of the mechanical properties of endovascular stents. A novel radial ... -
The Mechanical Pathway: Reactivating a Derelict Rail Corridor in Edmonton
(2010-12-17)This architectural thesis addresses a derelict urban rail corridor and the possibility of combining architecture and landscape to reactivate its latent potential as a dynamic seam in the urban fabric. Edmonton is ... -
The mechanical response of macromolecules in and out of equilibrium.
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MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF SANDWICH PIPES SUBJECT TO HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE AND BENDING
(2010-12-20)The recent substantial increase in world demand for energy and raw material resources has accelerated oil and gas exploration and production. At the same time, the depletion of onshore and shallow water oil resources ... -
Mechanism and function of excitatory amino acid-evoked adenosine release from rat parietal cortex.
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Mechanism of C(2)H(4) dehydrogenation to C(2)H(2) on the Ni(111) surface.
(Dalhousie University, 1995) -
Mechanisms by which Shigella flexneri impairs dendritic cell function: silencing the link between innate and adaptive immunity
(2015)Shigella flexneri is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that causes severe gastroenteritis in humans. Upon infection, Shigella invades the host colonic epithelium using a type III secretion system (T3SS) that is encoded ... -
Mechanisms for sodium insertion in carbon materials.
(Dalhousie University, 2000) -
MECHANISMS OF COLONIZATION RESISTANCE TO SHIGELLA FLEXNERI
(2018-05-23)Shigella flexneri is an enteric bacterial pathogen responsible for shigellosis. Components of the commensal microbiota promote colonization resistance in mice and antibiotic treatment is required for susceptibility to S. ... -
Mechanisms of flashflood deposit preservation in shallow marine sediments of a hyperarid environment
(2017-09-01)Flashflood deposit preservation was explored on the shallow seafloor in the Gulf of Eilat- Aqaba. Changes to two fine-grained flashflood deposits were tracked throughout the year after their deposition through repeated ... -
Mechanisms of inflammatory cytokine secretion by mast cells.
(Dalhousie University, 1999) -
Mechanisms of inhibition of return: Brain, behavior, and computational modeling
(2013-04-12)Inhibition of return (IOR) is a cognitive phenomenon whereby reaction times (RTs) are slower to cued relative to uncued targets at cue-target onset asynchronies (CTOAs) greater than approximately 300 ms. One important ... -
Mechanisms of interferon mediated downregulation of cytochrome P450 enzymes.
(Dalhousie University, 1995) -
Mechanisms of mast cell mediator responses to Toll-like receptor 2 activators.
(Dalhousie University, 2005) -
MECHANISMS OF SEX DIFFERENCES IN RIGHT (-SIDED) HEART FAILURE: ROLE OF ANGIOGENESIS
(2022-12-08)Female sex is associated with better right ventricular (RV) adaptation and survival in patients with elevated RV afterload. Understanding the mechanisms responsible for sex differences in RV adaptation and development of ... -
Mechanisms of short term and long term memory in cortex: Neural fields and synaptic plasticity.
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Mechanisms Underlying the Learning of Skilled Movement Execution via Motor Imagery
(2021-08-31)Learning to move skillfully is a fundamental behaviour. Motor skills can be learned even in the absence of overt bodily movement through a process known as motor imagery — the mental rehearsal of movement — which has ...