Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Quaternary landscape evolution of the southern central Andes of Chile quantified using landslide inventories, Be and C1 cosmogenic isotopes and (U-Th)/He thermochronology
(2008-12)The Andes Mountains--the largest subduction orogen in the world--are a unique natural laboratory suited to test interactions at different timescales between tectonic and surface processes. However, Andean Landscape Evolution ... -
Quaternary Sea-Level and Climate Signatures in Phreatic Coastal Caves
(2010-12-03)Underwater (phreatic) caves are a ubiquitous landform on coastal karst terrain, but the marine geological processes operating in these systems are largely unknown. This dissertation redresses the problem by asking if ... -
Quebec's Bill 1: A Case Study in Anti-Corruption Legislation and the Barriers to Evidence-Based Law-Making
(2015-03-26)Corruption is a significant problem around the world. Large-scale public works projects are especially prone to corruption. Much international effort has been devoted to fighting corruption, but the impact of these efforts ... -
Queer Kinship: an [Art]iculation
(2024-03-24)Creativity and arts-based research methods bring value to anthropology because artistic expression can and should be used as a gateway into personal experience. Queer kinship studies have highlighted the importance of ... -
“A QUEER SANDBOX TO PLAY IN”: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SHOWTIME’S TV SERIES THE L WORD: GENERATION Q (SEASON ONE)
(2021-12-15)Motivated by my own positionality as a lesbian identifying queer woman, this thesis explores how lesbian characters are represented in the first season of the popular U.S. television show The L Word: Generation Q (GenQ). ... -
Query-Driven Large-Scale Portfolio Aggregate Risk Analysis on MapReduce
(2014-08-15)Modern reinsurance companies use stochastic simulation techniques for portfolio risk analysis, often referred to as aggregate risk analysis, to support risk management. Their risk portfolios may consist of thousands of ... -
The Question as an Instrument of Nationalism: Interrogating the Nation in Earle Birney, Phyllis Webb, and Leonard Cohen
(2012-08-29)Through the study of selected works written by Earle Birney, Phyllis Webb, and Leonard Cohen, this thesis seeks to interrogate the wave of modern Canadian nationalism and culture construction that grew as a result of the ... -
The question of "Englishness": Identity, culture, class and gender in the novels of Margaret Drabble.
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Questioning the role of art in Waldorf and English Canadian mainstream education.
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"Quietly Present in the Land and the Wind": Maria Schneider's Musical Land Ethic
(2018-04-05)Despite the common association of jazz with urban environments, contemporary large-ensemble jazz composer Maria Schneider has written numerous programmatic pieces in which she and her ensemble celebrate and represent ... -
Quilting Urban Fabric: Imagining Patchwork Quilting as an Architectural Methodology for Sustainability and Collective Care
(2022-07-28)As a tradition of making that is both material and social, patchwork quilting is a practice of domestic craft with meaningful potential to inform architectural and urban design in the interest of cultural, environmental, ... -
Qun’ngiaqtiarlugu (taking a closer look) at Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in Community-Based Participatory Research
(2020-07-16)The research processes that take place with Inuit communities are as important as the findings these studies reveal. There is a growing body of literature that highlights community-based participatory research (CBPR) as a ... -
Radial Deformation Acuity In Children With Amblyopia
(2013-04-16)Purpose: To examine the relationship between visual acuity (VA) and radial deformation acuity (RDA) in children 6 to 12 years of age with amblyopia. Methods: RDA was measured in 35 participants with the Manchester RDA ... -
Radiative impact of atmospheric aerosols and clouds.
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
Radiative transfer in clouds with internal inhomogeniety.
(Dalhousie University, 1994) -
Radicalism in decline: Labour and politics in industrial Cape Breton, 1930-1950.
(Dalhousie University, 1996) -
Radio Resource and Interference Management in Uplink MU-MIMO Systems with ZF Post-processing
(2016-08-31)This dissertation investigates cross-layer designs in spatial division multiplexing (SDM) for multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmissions on the uplink. The MU systems which allow simultaneous transmissions ...