Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Out of the ruts of Nova Scotia education: Mi'kmaw doors of education emerge.
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Out of the Same Waters: Contemporary Relations between Mi'kmaq and Settler Fishers
(2013-12-09)This thesis investigates the current relationships between Mi’kmaq and Settler fishers given the post-Marshall decision context. It considers how years of fishing in the same waters has affected contemporary relationships ... -
OUT-OF-PLANE STRENGTH AND BEHAVIOUR OF MASONRY INFILL WALLS
(2018-10-29)It has been shown in previous studies that masonry infills with rigid supports through boundary frames display greater out-of-plane strength than their flexural wall counterparts. This increase in strength is due to a ... -
Outbreak dynamics of the green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis O. F. Muller.
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Outlining Healthcare Utilization in Order to Develop Evidence Based Data Collection Tools for Prospective Evaluation of the Economic Burden Due to Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) in Canada
(2013-04-04)Defining health and economic burden of Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) in Canada is critical to inform Public Health Policy around immunization programs. A comprehensive literature review was conducted to assess ... -
Overall Knee Joint Loading Exposure And Clinical Progression Of Knee Osteoarthritis
(2018-08-28)Objective: Mechanical loading has been implicated in osteoarthritis but the relationships between the many components of joint loading in vivo and clinical progression of knee osteoarthritis has not been fully explored. ... -
Overexpressing Fragments of CREB-Binding Protein (CBP) to Block Transcriptional Dysregulation and Toxicity in Huntington's Disease
(2012-08-16)Huntington’s disease (HD) is caused by expression of the huntingtin gene containing an expanded CAG repeat. N-terminal mutant huntingtin protein (N-mHtt) accumulates in the nucleus and impairs transcription of a subset of ... -
Overshadowing and stimulus control.
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Overview of Redundancy Analysis and Partial Linear Squares and Their Extension to the Frequency Domain
(2011-04-08)Applied statisticians are often faced with the problem of dealing with high dimensional data sets when attempting to describe the variability of a single set of variables, or trying to predict the variation of one set of ... -
OVERWINTER MORTALITY OF YOUNG-OF-THE-YEAR STRIPED BASS (Morone saxatilis) IN FRESHWATER PONDS IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2019-12-06)Commercial fishing for striped bass (Morone saxatilis) is very limited in Canada, therefore there is potential for pond-based aquaculture to fill the consumer market. One impediment to culture is high overwinter mortality ... -
The owl and the plagiarist: Academic misrepresentation in contemporary education.
(Dalhousie University, 2002) -
An OWL Ontology for Modeling HL-7 Compliant Electronic Patient Records for Chronic Disease Management
(2012-12-17)The management process of chronic diseases is longitudinal in nature. Patient records in electronic format provide information at the point of care and support decision-making processes. In our research, we analyzed the ... -
OWNING FOOD: THE IMPACT OF LIVING IN MALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS ON WOMEN’S FOOD SECURITY – A CASE STUDY OF THE KUMBUNGU DISTRICT IN NORTHERN GHANA
(2017-08-31)In 2012, the WFP conducted a food vulnerability survey in districts of northern Ghana. The report identified female-headed households in the region as the most vulnerable in terms of food insecurity - 38% of households ... -
Oxygen Dynamics and Carbon Removal in Municipal Waste Stabilization Ponds in Arctic Regions
(2016-04-05)Abstract Waste Stabilization Ponds (WSPs) are commonly used for municipal wastewater management in Canadian Arctic communities. However, there has been limited research on WSP performance in these regions, and how ... -
The oxysterol binding protein gene family: Protein interactions and functional characterization.
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P-Generating Polynomials and the P-Fractal of a Graph
(2014-08-19)We define the P -generating polynomial for a graph G and property P as the generating polynomial for the number of P-subgraphs of G of each size. This polynomial is a generalization of the independence polynomial and so ... -
p26 Knockdown Modifies the Diapause Proteome of Artemia franciscana
(2017-09-01)The brine shrimp, Artemia franciscana, produces diapausing embryos (cysts), in which biological processes are arrested. Cysts are an excellent model for studying the regulation of diapause because they remain in this state ... -
THE P53-NMNAT2 FEEDBACK REGULATORY LOOP: MECHANISMS UNDERLYING P53 ACTIVATION
(2012-11-20)The tumor suppressor p53 acts as a master transcription factor that controls hundreds of effecter genes in response to various cellular stresses. The flexibility of p53 to regulate its target genes with distinct functions ... -
Pacifism and The Great War in Dame Rose Macaulay's Three Days
(2016-12-12)The First World War is often remembered today for muddy trenches, large-scale slaughter and bitter, shell-shocked veterans. This incomplete, but popular picture is largely inspired by the poetry and prose written during ... -
Pain catastrophizing in athletic individuals: Scale validation and clinical application.
(Dalhousie University, 2001)