Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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RASPBERRY HOUSE: AN INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION SYSTEM FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)
(2022-04-07)It is estimated that the number of connected IoT (Internet of Things) devices and sensors will grow to around 125 billion by the end of this decade, up from an estimated 21 billion this year. IoT promises enormous benefits ... -
RATES AND DETERMINANTS OF BREASTFEEDING EXCLUSIVITY AND DURATION IN NOVA SCOTIA WOMEN
(2012-08-14)This population-based retrospective cohort study describes breastfeeding patterns and identifies the determinants of longer exclusive breastfeeding among 4,533 mother-infants pairs in two regions of Nova Scotia, Canada ... -
RATES AND DETERMINANTS OF PRETERM BIRTH IN PREGNANCIES COMPLICATED BY DIABETES MELLITUS
(2014-08-15)This population-based retrospective cohort study involving all singleton births between 1988 and 2009 in Nova Scotia estimated the rate of preterm birth less than 37 weeks and less than 34 weeks among pregnancies complicated ... -
Rational approaches to data preprocessing in multivariate calibration.
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Rational Secret Sharing with and without Synchronous Broadcast, Conspicuous Secrets, Malicious Players and Unbounded Opponents
(2012-04-13)In secret sharing we are asked to split a secret into several shares in such a way that a minimum number of shares is necessary and sufficient to reconstruct the secret. Rational secret sharing considers secret sharing in ... -
Rational Structural Diversification and Application of DalPhos Ligands for use in Challenging C-N Cross-Coupling Reactions
(2013-05-01)Transition-metal catalyzed transformations have revolutionized modern chemical synthesis; the 2001, 2005, and 2010 Nobel prizes in Chemistry attest to their broad applicability in academia and industry. To this end, ... -
Re - Settled: A New Typology for Refugee Housing Promoting Community Assimilation through Integration, Interaction, and Adaptation
(2018-04-06)This thesis aims to analyze the challenges resettled refugees face, propose architectural guidelines that address these needs, and introduce a new typology of public housing that helps to assimilate resettled refugees into ... -
Re-Anchoring Bloomfield: Cross Programming a Makerspace to Foster Equity and Inclusion in North End, Halifax
(2019-08-28)This thesis proposes the creation of a Makerspace to re-anchor the Bloomfield Centre site within North End, Halifax. The Bloomfield Centre was previously a hub for making, community resources and collaboration, its closure ... -
Re-conceptualizing the Redevelopment of Rural Communities through the Lens of an Ecological Framework
(2012-12-13)Today, Canada’s population is over 80 percent urban as exemplified by our growing cities. As a result of outmigration to urban centres, many rural economies in Atlantic Canada are struggling socially and economically. This ... -
Re-Growing a Neighbourhood: Using the Power of Food, Education, and Engagement to Consolidate Communities in Brooklyn
(2019-04-04)This investigation examines the relationships between three communities on the Brooklyn Waterfront in New York. The three areas lack connectivity to the greater network of fresh produce provided by farmer’s markets across ... -
Re-imagining a Petrochemical Landscape in Dartmouth Nova Scotia
(2016-04-07)This thesis addresses the vast petrochemical landscape of the Imperial Oil Refinery situated within the urban context of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. The recent decommissioning of the refinery has reduced it to an arcane ... -
Re-interpreting and Re-programming the Edge: Site, Infrastructure and Community
(2012-08-10)Landscapes are formed across space and over time by both natural processes and human artifice. Within urban landscapes, natural processes have been harnessed as the basis for infrastructural systems, which support urban ... -
Re-Settling Dawson Park: An Expanded Idea of the Friendship Centre in Edmonton, Alberta
(2016-04-08)This thesis intends to expand on the idea of the friendship centre, embodying its original and current purpose - a middle ground between the city and indigenous culture. This middle ground will acknowledge damaging history, ... -
Re-sorting Resort Towns: Integrating Program to Dissolve Social Segregation in Resort Communities
(2017-04-07)This thesis will investigate how architecture can mitigate the negative social, cultural and environmental impacts in resource-based communities as they transform their economy to include tourism. Fernie, British Columbia, ... -
Re-Thinking the Portable School: A New System for the Durham District School Board
(2013-04-05)This thesis investigates strategies for the portable classroom as a way of envisioning a new model for elementary schools in the region of Durham, Ontario. The portable and the school configuration is informed by a set of ... -
Re/creation of Lake Banook: Providing Prospect & Refuge in an Urban Landscape
(2016-08-24)Lake Banook, an urban lake situated in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, plays an important role in both community and international recreational activity. Although the lake currently functions well, it could be improved. ... -
Re: Settlement (or The Story of a House): Architecture and the Resilience of Cultural Narrative
(2017-04-10)On the Island of Newfoundland, the story of resettlement parallels the formation of the national and provincial parks: as coastal communities were abandoned through a governmental top-down redistribution of the island ... -
The reactions of aminochromes with thiols.
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Reactivate and Reconnect: A Strategy for the Reintegration of an Abandoned Military Community
(2013-04-05)This architectural design thesis proposes the adaptive re-use of 82 walk-up apartment blocks located in Shannon Park, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. The uniform military housing community, abandoned in 2004, is ...
