Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Procuring a Victory at Home: Halifax Women Respond to the Butter Ration, 1939-1946
(2015)This thesis explores the ways in which women both complied with and resisted government intervention in the form of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board’s ration regulations. By examining a number of different sources, and ... -
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT AS FIRM CAPABILITY
(2012-11-20)Product management as an organizational system has a long history of practice, which predates most modern academic management research. Its activities span the external environment of the firm, while simultaneously spanning ... -
The production and detection of optimized low-Z linear accelerator target beams for image guidance in radiotherapy
(2012-08-28)Recent work has demonstrated improvement of image quality with low atomic number (Z) linear accelerator (linac) targets and energies as low as 3.5 MV compared to a standard 6 MV therapeutic beam. In this work, the incident ... -
The production and use of verbal irony: An examination of expectations and the asymmetry of affect.
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Production and Utilization of SRC Willow Biomass in Nova Scotia
(2022-05-02)Short rotation coppice (SRC) is a promising alternative to forestry. Within Nova Scotia and across Canada, the biomass industry is heavily focused on forestry products for biomass energy generation but is significantly ... -
A PRODUCTION CAPACITY INVESTMENT DECISION-MAKING TOOL FOR THE INDOOR VERTICAL FARMING INDUSTRY
(2022-12-14)Indoor vertical farming (VF) systems are a form of controlled environment agriculture, making use of modern technology to improve food availability and security. Commercially, it is a young industry set to disrupt the food ... -
Production dynamics of a marine flatfish population: an energetics model.
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THE PRODUCTION OF ENDOGENOUS IL-10 BY PANETH CELLS AND ITS ROLE IN ENTEROID DEVELOPMENT
(2021-10-04)The epithelium plays key roles in maintaining immune tolerance towards the microbiota while facilitating luminal inspection and defense. The epithelium is arguably an important player of gut immune defense, given that it ... -
PRODUCTION OF OIL FROM FRESHWATER AND MARINE WATER MICROALGAE FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION
(2014-07-29)The growth and oil content of Chlorella saccharophila (freshwater) and Tetraselmis suecica (marine) microalgae were investigated using various nutrient types (ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate and ... -
The Productive Edge: Generating Public Space At The Suburban Periphery
(2011-04-12)This thesis considers the potential of the suburban periphery to become an ecologically, socially and culturally productive site which supports local and regional public programs. It explores ways of creating connectivity ... -
Professional Undermining: Homelessness and Service as Method
(2023-04-12)The present thesis investigates homelessness and architectural practice. This thesis argues that homelessness defies deterministic solutions to housing and underscores the importance of non-market-based solutions for housing ... -
Professionalism and intensification: An analysis of teacher's work in the present Nova Scotia context.
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Professionalism in dental hygiene: An investigation of knowledge of oral cancer and public policy.
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Profiling Phenolic Compounds in Aponogeton madagascariensis and Investigating Their Role in Programmed Cell Death During Leaf Development
(2017-05-02)The lace plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis) is an aquatic monocot native to Madagascar that undergoes a form of programmed cell death (PCD) during early leaf development. This process results in a perforated leaf morphology ... -
PROFILING RETINOID SIGNALING IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER: TOWARDS PRECISION APPLICATIONS
(2019-07-18)Breast cancer is the most common malignancy diagnosed in women, affecting approximately one in eight Canadian women in their lifetime. Clinical decision-making for breast cancer focuses on targeting growth factor signals ... -
PROGRAM EVALUATION OF KIDS’ RUN CLUB: EXPERIENCES OF GIRLS IN GRADES 4-6
(2015)A formative evaluation, guided by the social-ecological model (SEM), was conducted on a school-based, co-ed running program in Halifax, NS called Kids’ Run Club (KRC). The purpose was to examine the association between ... -
Programmable and Intelligent Accelerator-aware Load Balancers in Data Centers
(2023-12-26)The slowdown in CPU progress prompted system designers to incorporate diverse programmable accelerators (e.g., graphics processing unit (GPU), smart network interface card (SmartNIC) to address the insufficient computational ... -
Programming parameterised geometric objects in a visual design language.
(Dalhousie University, 2006)