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Sex and the Supremes: Towards a Legal Theory of Sexuality
(2010-08-17)
This thesis examines how the Supreme Court of Canada, across legal contexts, has tended to conceptualize sexuality. It focuses primarily on areas of public law including sexual assault law, equality for sexual minorities, ...
An Analysis of Time-Loss Duration Following Work-Related Traumatic Injuries to the Hand and Wrist
(2010-07-19)
Objective: The purposes of this thesis included: i) To explore the annual incidence and time-loss duration of traumatic, work-related injuries of four nature-of-injury (fractures, nerve lacerations, tendon lacerations/disruptions ...
NFC-mobile Payment System Based on POS Terminal Authentication
(2014-08-25)
Payment development has increased rapidly in recent years. A most recent development is contactless mobile payment systems that use NFC-enabled phones. Therefore, many researchers have proposed payment systems that use ...
CLIMATE-CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR SELECTED SPECIES IN THREE NATIONAL PARKS IN EASTERN CANADA
(2015-04-06)
Canadian protected areas have been established with a premise of static distributions of different ecosystems, an assumption invalidated by climate change. In the Maritimes, there are few local case studies on how to ...
THE INFANT FEEDING EXPERIENCES OF MI'KMAW WOMEN: A FEMINIST PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY
(2014-04-03)
Although breastfeeding rates among Mi'kmaw women are rising (38%), they remain lower than those of other Nova Scotia women (76%). Increasing the rates of breastfeeding could potentially impact the health of this population ...
INVESTIGATING WORK-RELATED SERENDIPITY, WHAT INFLUENCES IT, AND HOW IT MAY BE FACILITATED IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS
(2014-01-02)
Serendipity is a popular word that captures a rich phenomenon with potentially far-reaching implications from a personal to global level. Serendipity is associated with revelations, discoveries, life events, and innovations, ...
THE EAST PACIFIC RISE CRUSTAL THICKNESS, MOHO TRANSITION ZONE CHARACTER AND OFF-AXIS MAGMA LENS MELT CONTENT FROM 9°37.5’N TO 9°57’N: RESULTS FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC DATA ANALYSIS
(2013-12-05)
This thesis discusses the results from the first multi-source and multi-streamer three-dimensional multichannel seismic experiment conducted over a mid-ocean ridge environment. Prestack time migration was applied to the ...
Elasmobranch Bycatch in the Canadian Northwest Atlantic and Arctic Adjacent Seas: Composition, Biogeography, and Mitigation
(2015-03-31)
BACKGROUND: Industrial fishing has profoundly changed the biological state of oceans and seas. While the direct impacts of overfishing on target stocks are being increasingly addressed, unwanted bycatch and discarding of ...
Evaluating the Environmental Impacts of Conventional and Organic Apple Production in Nova Scotia, Canada, Through Life Cycle Assessment
(2013-08-19)
Agricultural production and post-harvest supply systems are major causes of resource and energy consumption throughout the world, with associated emissions contributing to global scale environmental burdens. Focusing on ...
The Experiences of Midwives and Nurses Collaborating to Provide Birthing Care: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Evidence
(2015-04-02)
The purpose of this systematic review was to identify, appraise, and synthesize qualitative evidence about the experiences of midwives and nurses collaborating to provide birthing care, using the Joanna Briggs Institute ...