Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Pursuing Prefabrication: An Exploration of Building at McMurdo Station
(2021-04-08)While experimentation during the early 20th century pushed prefabrication by challenging off-site and on-site practices, it still struggles to establishes itself beyond novelty in contemporary building. The qualities of ... -
The Pursuit of Effective Catalysis for C-C and C-N Cross-Coupling under Mild Conditions
(2018-04-03)Homogeneous transition metal-catalysis has had a great impact on the synthesis of organic molecules in recent years. The selective mono-arylation of small molecules, a class of reactions predominantly achieved via transition ... -
PUSHING THE FIRST DOMINO: FREEING THE WHALES IN CANADA
(2021-08-30)In 2019, the Canadian Parliament adopted Bill S-203, titled the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act [Whales Act], to phase-out the captivity of cetaceans – that is, whales, dolphins, and porpoises – mainly for ... -
PUT ON YOUR GAME FACE! INHIBITORY AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL CORRELATES OF EMOTION REGULATION IN EARLY AND MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
(2013-12-17)Emotion regulation can be defined as the ability to alter expressive displays of emotion. Children’s developing capacity to regulate emotions may depend on individual characteristics and pertinent inhibitory and socioemotional ... -
PUTATIVE ROLE OF THE ALTERNATIVE SIGMA FACTOR, SIGB, IN SURVIVAL OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES 568 DURING DESICCATION ON STAINLESS STEEL SURFACES
(2011-12-16)Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne bacterial pathogen that colonises and persists in the food processing environment causing cross-contamination of processed foods, including ready-to-eat meat products. I hypothesised ... -
Putting the Constitutional Horse Before the Cart: Federal Jurisdiction over Next Generation Environmental Assessment
(2021-04-09)This thesis explores the extent of federal jurisdiction over a next generation environmental assessment (EA) model proposed by Sinclair, Doelle and Gibson. Examining the jurisprudence and literature, it analyses the scope ... -
PUTTING THE EMPIRE IN ITS PLACE: OVID ON THE GOLDENNESS OF ROME
(2012-12-14)This study explores the relationship between poetry and politics in Books 1 and 15 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Vergil had refashioned the concept of the golden age to better resonate with Roman values, and Ovid in turn ... -
PVA-Based Scaffolds for Controlled Release of Neuroprotective Compounds
(2021-08-06)To restore function lost by damage to the nerve fibers, nerve regeneration must take place. Poor clinical outcomes are still observed for many autografting surgeries, stem cell therapies, and growth factor treatments. ... -
Pygmalion inversus – Inversion des Mythos bei Gundolf und Kaiser
(2012-08-30)Myths are not static, but rather characterised by variation and variability. Thus since classical times and continuing to the present day, one can recognize a mythopoetic freedom in the use of and interaction with the ... -
Pyroligneous Acid Effects on Seed Germination, Plant Growth, Female/Male Sex Ratio, and Yield of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
(2021-09-07)Pyroligneous acid has shown great promise as a biostimulant for many agronomic crops by stimulating seed germination, plant growth, and yield. However, most of the studies did not determine effect of different modes ... -
QTRB: TEAM-BASED REGION BUILDING USING Q-LEARNING TO DERIVE POLICY ON PROGRAMS PARAMETERIZED BY LOCAL REWARD SIGNAL
(2023-04-24)While attempting to solve 2-dimensional grid world maze tasks, it was observed that genetic programming is limited by its random initialization and no use of local reward. This thesis proposes a hybrid algorithm called ... -
Quakers and Conscience: Edward Burrough's Promotion of Religious Tolerance 1653-1663
(2014-03-28)The English Civil War period is a fascinating area of study given the religious, political and military battles which were waged from 1642-1649. Following the regicide of 1649 and the ascendency of Oliver Cromwell during ... -
Qualitative analysis of cosmological models.
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A Qualitative Case Study Of Relationships Between Public Health And Municipal Drinking Water and Wastewater In Coral Harbour, Nunavut
(2013-08-21)Wide health gaps exist between Canada’s Inuit population and their non-Indigenous counterparts in nearly all categories. Two basic public health protection principles in any community worldwide are access to safe drinking ... -
A Qualitative Description of Care Partner Experiences at the Palliative and Therapeutic Harmonization Clinic
(2017-12-11)Palliative and Therapeutic Harmonization (PATH) is a novel service providing care to frail, older adults facing complex medical and surgical decisions. This qualitative study examines the role PATH plays in the experience ... -
A qualitative exploration of sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections (STBBIs) in a Canadian province: the utility of the social ecological model in understanding and reducing the spread of STBBIs in Nova Scotia
(2019-12-12)Rates of sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBIs) have been on the rise over the last two decades in Canada. The goal of this study was to better understand the local factors contributing to the spread of ... -
A QUALITATIVE INQUIRY ON COMPETITIVE FIGURE SKATERS' PERCEPTIONS OF CONCUSSION RISK AND INJURY PREVENTION
(2022-05-24)Concussion research in figure skating research is scarce. Using a qualitative, inductive, thematic analytical approach this project explored the experiences, perceived knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of 19 current and ... -
Qualitative investigations of solutions to Einstein's field equations admitting a kinematic self-similarity.
(Dalhousie University, 1999) -
Quality of service and mobility management in third generation wireless networks and beyond.
(Dalhousie University, 2007)