Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Plastid genome structure and evolution: Operons, novel genes and inteins.
(Dalhousie University, 1996) -
Platelet-derived growth factor and pentoxifylline modulation of collagen synthesis in vivo and in vitro.
(Dalhousie University, 1997) -
Plausible Reasoning Over Knowledge Graphs: A Novel Approach for Semantics-based Health Data Analytics
(2020-08-07)The Semantic Web is regarded as the next generation of World Wide Web, in which human and machine readable and understandable knowledge is exchanged. The Semantic Web allows the generation of new knowledge by analyzing the ... -
Playing on the Tracks: Rethinking Transit Infrastructure as Event Space to Generate a City of Culture and Play
(2018-07-31)This thesis investigates the potential of a combination between event spaces and transit infrastructure. The project explores the city of Edmonton, Alberta, and a new typology of infrastructure called transit oriented ... -
"Playthings in the Margins of Literature": Cultural Critique and Rewriting Ideologies in Supernatural and Star Wars Fanfiction
(2010-08-31)Building on the questions of gender and sexuality proposed by the ethnographic analyses of first wave fanfiction criticism, I identify the ways in which fanfiction may function as a feminist response to the mainstream ... -
PLEASURE AND PAIN: NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN
(2022-07-04)The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a heterogenous hub involved in the motivational salience of rewarding and aversive stimuli, and in the aetiology of chronic back pain (CBP). Its role in responding to varying threats and ... -
Pnicogylidenes.
(Dalhousie University, 1994) -
Pnictazane oligomers [RNPnX](n): Towards polypnictazanes .
(Dalhousie University, 2006) -
Poisons, Pathogens, And Parasitoids: The Immunophysiological Network Of Manduca Sexta Explored Through Trade-Offs, Microbiome Interactions And Exploitation By The Wasp Cotesia Congregata
(2022-08-31)Animals require sophisticated means of defense against a harsh and constantly changing environment. The immune system, detoxification system, and fight-or-flight responses are generally viewed as disparate systems and ... -
Poliovirus 1 Seroprevalence in Nova Scotia, Canada
(2021-05-05)Thanks to the efforts of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the world has never been closer to eradicating polio as it is today. Without complete eradication from the remaining strongholds, all countries remain at ... -
Political Atheism vs. The Divine Right of Kings: Understanding 'The Fairy of the Lake' (1801)
(2014-05-01)In 'Political Atheism vs. The Divine Right of Kings,' I build on Thompson and Scrivener’s work analysing John Thelwall’s play 'The Fairy of the Lake' as a political allegory, arguing all religious symbolism in 'FL' to ... -
The Political Ecology of the Canso Causeway: Development, Marine Harvesting, and Competing Notions of Progress
(2018-08-27)Completed in 1955, the Canso Causeway spans the Strait of Canso and radically transformed the surrounding area’s political ecological landscape. Addressing the strained relationship between fishing and the State, this ... -
Political Spaces: Urban-Rural and Digital Divides in the Political Practices and Views of Atlantic Canadians
(2019-08-27)Divides in political participation and political views are often explained “spatially,” where space can be either physical, as in urban-rural divides, or digital, as in “cyberspace.” These divides are more commonly invoked ... -
Politics and economics in the Benue Basin, c. 1300-1700.
(Dalhousie University, 1984) -
Politics of End-of-Life Care: Active Euthanasia
(2013-04-15)With new medical advances in technology, there has been a push from the legal, medical and political communities to re-examine the policies of end-of-life-care. End-of-life-care (EOLC) is a term that refers to not only a ... -
Pollinators and Pollination of Haskap (Lonicera caerulea L.) in Southern Nova Scotia
(2019-03-15)Haskap is an emerging crop in Nova Scotia that relies on cross-pollination for fruit production. There are concerns regarding what native pollinators are available to supplement managed honey bees, and what pollinators are ... -
POLLUTION-CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES IN COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON AEROSOL NUCLEATION AND GROWTH IN EMISSIONS PLUMES
(2012-09-04)Nucleation and growth of particles in coal-fired power-plant plumes can greatly contribute to particle concentrations near source regions. Pollution-control technologies have been added to coal-fired power plants to reduce ... -
Poly Plotlines: Narratives of Ethical Non-Monogamy in Nova Scotia
(2020-08-27)Much of the literature on polyamory is situated in the field of family studies, psychology and gender studies. These studies typically focus on describing the individual experiences of polyamorous relationships without ... -
Polymorphism and heteroplasmy of mitochondrial DNA in the scallop Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin).
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Polynomials Integer-Valued on Maximal Orders in Division Algebras
(2020-04-14)A polynomial f(x) in Q[x] is called integer-valued if f(n) is in Z for all n in Z. Bhargava's p-orderings and p-sequences have been helpful tools in the study of integer-valued polynomials over subsets of Z and arbitrary ...