Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes for Fault Management in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
(2019-08-26)Proposed, is a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) model-based schema as the basis of a fault manager system for use by autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) undergoing long endurance missions with the ... -
Participation for a 'People-Driven' Constitution?: A Critical Investigation of Zambian Civil Society Engagement in the Constitution-Making Process
(2010-09-10)This study explores with theoretical and practical challenges surrounding the roles of civil society organizations (CSOs) and participatory approaches in development and democratization processes in contemporary Africa. ... -
Participation Outcomes In Rehabilitation For Individuals With Chronic Neurological Conditions
(2018-04-03)The purpose of this research project was to identify personal and environmental factors that facilitate both ability to participate in life roles and satisfaction with that participation, for people living with chronic ... -
PARTICIPATORY DESIGN RESEARCH TO INTEGRATE PRIVACY LAW REQUIREMENTS AS DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR PATIENT PORTAL USER INTERFACE
(2019-01-08)The increase in privacy legislation has motivated our research on integrating privacy law requirements as design requirements. An effective privacy compliance framework requires communication between privacy professionals ... -
Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) with Stochastic Data
(2015-01-12)In photonics, numerous phenomena display stochastic behavior for example phase noise in LASERS or speckle in imaging. The study on stochastic data remains as a strong subject of interest. Evolutionary computational techniques ... -
PARTITION OF PEPSINOGEN FROM THE STOMACH OF RED PERCH (SEBASTES MARINUS) BY AQUEOUS TWO PHASE SYSTEMS
(2011-12-15)The purification of pepsinogen from the stomach of red perch using aqueous two phase systems (ATPS) formed by polyethylene glycol (PEG) and salt at 4°C was optimized. Salt type, salt concentration, PEG molecular weight and ... -
PARTNERS FOR EMPOWERMENT OF PARENTS: EXPLORING A NEW AFROCENTRIC PARENTING PROGRAM IN HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY
(2011-12-16)A major challenge facing parent educators and professionals who provide prevention and early intervention programs/services for people of colour, specifically Black families in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the ... -
Party Government in Nova Scotia, 1879-1897
(1945-09)In 1867 Nova Scotia ceased to be a separate colony under the British Crown, and became one of the four provinces forming the Dominion of Canada. Confederation was the issue which divided Nova Scotians from 1864 to 1872, ... -
Party Wall Housing: Objects in Environments as Contestation
(2020-04-14)The front line of architecture is the housing crisis, but is also a crisis of how we live. The home is where structural principles of society are created and reinforced. The city has become an all-encompassing domestic ... -
The passions of Sir Gawain: Patience and the idiom of medieval romance in England.
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PASSIVE ACOUSTIC SHIP DETECTION PERFORMANCE NEAR THE PORT OF SEPT-ÎLES, QUEBEC, CANADA
(2022-11-15)An AMAR acoustic recorder was deployed near the Port of Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada in the Fall of 2020 and collected one year of data. Vessels were detected using narrowband tonals. Sound pressure level (SPL) for each minute ... -
Passive Samplers and qPCR Analysis: A Potential Detection Method for Cyanobacteria in Drinking Water Sources
(2022-08-16)The synergistic effects of climate change and lake recovery are expected to increase the intensity and frequency of cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (HABs) in surface waters. Many drinking water sources experience HABs ... -
Passive Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage from a Sulphidic Coalfield
(2023-08-30)An ongoing concern is acid mine drainage (AMD) from abandoned sulphidic mines in the Sydney coalfield, which threatens local water bodies and fishing industries if left untreated. This work focuses on evaluating the ... -
PASSIVELY ADAPTIVE TIDAL TURBINE BLADES: DESIGN METHODOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING
(2016-08-05)Composite tidal turbine blades with bend-twist (BT) coupled layups allow the blade to self-adapt to local site conditions by passively twisting to reduce the angle of incoming flow (feathering). Passive feathering has the ... -
PAST PENTHOUSE PORNOGRAPHY: A STUDY OF SEXUAL HEALTH AND YOUTH’S CONSUMPTION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT INTERNET MOVIES
(2013-04-30)Sexually Explicit Internet Movies (SEIM) have emerged as a frequently accessed sexual resource by youth; however, SEIM’s potential influences on youth’s sexual health remains an understudied area. This study aimed to develop ... -
Path Planning Models for Mobile Anchor-Assisted Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks
(2018-04-02)As event detection is one of the main purposes of using wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the location of nodes is essential to determine the location of an event when it occurs. Many localization models have been proposed ... -
The Path to Recovery: Accessing Ruins of the Gulf War to Reveal the Lost Narratives of Failaka Island
(2017-08-15)The Gulf War is a tragic moment in Kuwait history, which brought about massive physical, cultural and environmental loss. Memorialization facilitates the processing of trauma through storytelling and can assess the values ... -
THE PATHOS OF KNOWLEDGE: ON THE DIALECTICAL PLAY OF UNITY AND GOODNESS IN PLATO’S STATESMAN
(2022-12-16)In Statesman, Plato stages a dialectical approach on one of his ‘unwritten doctrines,’ “that the good is one,” in the voice of his literary creation, the Eleatic Visitor. Though the dialogue begins by positing political ...