Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Pseudo Three-Dimensional MEMS Imaging Using Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Technique
(2021-12-14)The study of MEMS devices is highly dependent on the information that imaging techniques can provide. There are two main approaches to observe MEMS devices: Optical and non-optical imaging techniques. Although each of the ... -
Pseudocolimits of Small Filtered Diagrams of Internal Categories
(2022-08-30)Pseudocolimits are formal gluing constructions that combine objects in a category indexed by a pseudofunctor. When the objects are categories and the domain of the pseudofunctor is small and filtered it is known in SGA4 ... -
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Measurement of Agency in Adults with Physical Disabilities in Long-Term Care
(2023-08-02)Background: Evaluations of healthy aging tend to focus on a person’s lived environments, their intrinsic capacities (physical and mental capacities to act), and the interplay between the two, as these factors shape the ... -
Psychometric Properties and Age-Related Effects of the Combined Attention Systems Test
(2023-04-25)Attention is a multifaceted cognitive process that is important for functioning in daily life. The study of attention commonly focuses on three networks: alerting, orienting, and executive control. Despite the rich literature ... -
Psychopathic Traits and Interpersonal Judgment: Examining Accuracy, Tendency, and Influence of Sex of Judge and Target
(2013-11-07)Individuals who are high in psychopathic traits are known to cheat, lie, and manipulate others. One of the factors that may influence this behaviour is interpersonal judgment accuracy and tendency. There is some indication ... -
Psychophysiological Processes in the Connection Between Perfectionism, Stress, and Emotional Distress
(2018-12-11)The perfectionism-stress connection is frequently studied, yet research in this area often overlooks the role of physiological processes. This research helps address this gap by testing two psychophysiological models of ... -
Psychosis and Cannabis: An Investigation of Individual and Combined Effects on Cognition and White Matter
(2020-08-07)Reduced cognitive functioning has been observed in individuals with early phase psychosis (EPP) and is similar to reductions in cognitive functioning in nonpsychiatric populations who use cannabis. Less clear, however, is ... -
A Public Architecture to Encourage Plurality
(2019-08-26)A speculative design illustrates an architecture for plurality. The design rests upon George Baird's proposal that a plurality consists of individuals occupying a range of publicness from the collective distraction described ... -
Public celebrations in Victorian Saint John and Halifax.
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Public Health and Public Discourse: Contesting the London Bills of Mortality, c. 1603-1836
(2020-08-21)The London Bills of Mortality are the longest-running continuous source regarding mortality and cause of death in any early modern city. Published weekly from 1603 until the 1830s, the Bills endured beyond their initial ... -
Public Libraries and Search Engines
(2016-04-11)Although public libraries are dedicated to connecting people to information, the information resources offered by many Canadian libraries are currently inaccessible to search engine indexing robots, and thus effectively ... -
Public Reason and Political Critique: Toward a Kantian Reading of Rawls' Political Liberalism
(2018-08-21)This thesis presents and defends a newly Kantian understanding of John Rawls’ political thought. Focusing on his doctrine of public reason and his view of political justification more generally, I offer a reading of Rawls’ ... -
Public school reform and the Halifax middle class, 1850-1870.
(Dalhousie University, 1990) -
Public Space for Public Good: Making Privately Owned Public Spaces in Vancouver More Inclusive and Supportive
(2023-08-02)This thesis examines the influence and effects of privatisation to support arguments for improved policy regarding Privately Owned Public Space (POPS). In Vancouver, BC city agencies negotiate POPS and other contributions ... -
PUKTEWEI: LEARNING FROM FIRE IN MI’KMA’KI (MI’KMAQ TERRITORY)
(2016-12-19)Throughout history humans have lived with fires on the land. Land fires over Turtle Island (North America) are influenced by climate, lightning, ecology, and cultural uses. Recently, non-Indigenous governments have sought ... -
PUMP PROBE STUDIES OF SPIN DYNAMICS IN THE 2D PEROVSKITE BUTYLAMMONIUM METHYLAMMONIUM LEAD IODIDE
(2018-09-28)Halide perovskites have emerged as a promising class of materials for spintronic applications due to their large spin-orbit coupling and Rashba splitting. In this thesis, circularly polarized pump-probe spectroscopy was ... -
The purification and kinetic studies of human liver aldehyde dehydrogenase.
(Dalhousie University, 1973) -
PURIFICATION OF CHYMOTRYPSIN FROM FISH WASTE USING REVERSE MICELLES
(2011-12-14)Reverse micelles systems AOT/isooctane was used for the concentration chymotrypsin from crude aqueous extract of red perch (intestine). The effects of pH and AOT concentration in the forward extraction step and pH and KCl ... -
Purposeful/Purposeless
(2012-04-11)This thesis examines what makes a building valuable enough to keep regardless of what happens within it or where it is. A generic vacant lot in Dartmouth, N.S., ensures that these qualities are derived primarily from the ...
