Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Origin of Diamonds in Chromitites of the Luobusa Ophiolite, Southern Tibet, China
(1999-01)Diamonds and an extensive assemblage of associated minerals were discovered in podiform chromitites of the Luobusa ophiolite, southern Tibet, China. Thus far, 25 diamonds have been recovered from the mineral separates of ... -
Origins and evolution of mitochondrial transcription and replication machinery.
(Dalhousie University, 2006) -
Origins and evolution of the archaebacterial and eukaryotic DNA replication apparatus.
(Dalhousie University, 1997) -
Ornament for Serious Purpose: Mina Loy and Gaudy Consumer Culture
(2011-08-25)Mina Loy’s work explores the gaudiness of consumer culture in its spectacle, extravagance and underlying falsity. “Giovanni Franchi,” “Three Moments in Paris” and “Virgins Plus Curtains Minus Dots” question the perceptive ... -
ORNSTEIN-UHLENBECK PROCESS AND OPTIMAL SAMPLING FOR ANALYSIS OF MICROBIOME DATA
(2019-08-30)The Ornstein–Uhlenbeck (OU) process is a widely used model for stochastic processes, where the value drifts towards a fixed stable value. We examine how well the OU process fits the data by using likelihood ratio tests to ... -
ORP4L IS A PHOSPHO-REGULATED LIPID BINDING PROTEIN REQUIRED FOR CELL GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE OF TGN MORPHOLOGY
(2019-11-28)Oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP) and OSBP-related proteins (ORPs) constitute a 12-member family of mammalian lipid binding and transport proteins with variable tissue expression patterns and ligand affinities. The common ... -
Orthognathic Surgery and Peri Operative Antibiotic Use
(2015)Purpose : The purpose of this study was to determine the most effective duration of antibiotic prophylaxis following orthognathic surgery. Methods: A survey of Canadian Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons (OMFS), a retrospective ... -
ORTHOGONAL CHIRP DIVISION MULTIPLEXING TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY OF UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION
(2023-04-19)Covert underwater communication methods are constantly evolving, and there is a need for more robust techniques. In this thesis, the benefits and detriments of a number of currently in-use single-carrier covert underwater ... -
ORTHOGONAL SIGNAL ALIGNMENT WITH VARIABLE RATE AND POWER IN MIMO Y CHANNELS
(2016-06-29)The multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) Y channel employs signal alignment (SA) to improve spectral efficiency of wireless networks. In this system of three nodes exchanging data via the relay, cooperation of terminals ... -
Orthographic and Semantic Learning During Shared Reading: Investigating the Extent of Learning and Relations to Early Word Reading
(2023-08-22)During shared reading, pre-school aged children are frequently exposed to novel, low-frequency words. Abundant empirical evidence demonstrates that children can learn the meanings of such words during shared reading, ... -
The Other and Self through the Mirror: Exploring Historical Understandings of the Chinese Medical Concept of 气(Qi) through the Western Vision
(2021-09-07)This study explored how 气- (qi), one of the most fundamental tenets in traditional Chinese medical praxis, has been historically annotated into a“hermeneutic situation” at different historical periods. Spirit(s) and qi, ... -
“Our boys have upheld the honor of their town in the Hockey rink…” The Culture of Amateur Hockey in the Maritime Provinces, c. 1900-1925.
(2020-12-15)From 1900 to 1925, amateur hockey in Maritime communities filled local newspapers and drew thousands of fans to the stadiums. The Acadian, The Union Advocate, The Advertiser, The Weekly Report and Western Annapolis Sentinel, ... -
"Out of Many Kindreds and Tongues": Racial Identity and Rights Activism in Vancouver, 1919-1939
(2011-05-02)This dissertation examines “race” politics in Vancouver during the interwar period as one origin of human rights activism. Race-based rights activism is a fundamental element of the modern human rights movement and human ... -
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Shifting Perceptions on Sanitation Through the Urban Integration of Wastewater Infrastructure
(2016-04-08)The decentralization and sanitization of industrial processes essential to the operation of our cities has contributed to the creation of sprawling waste-landscapes and a diminished connection, and perception of accountability, ... -
Out of Site, Out of Mind: Reading the Ground as Architectural Language in Waste Landscapes
(2023-08-27)The wastescape is a type of de-industrialized and contaminated landscape. Bound by water and unseen in urban areas, they often remain outside of our consciousness. Current remediation practices involve intensive operations ... -
Out of the ruts of Nova Scotia education: Mi'kmaw doors of education emerge.
(Dalhousie University, 2000) -
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.
(Dalhousie University, 1990) -
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 ...