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Ecology and Trophic Relationships Among Fishes and Invertebrates in the Hawaiian Archipelago: Insights from Fatty Acid Signatures Analysis
(2011-05-31)
Healthy coral reefs have become increasingly rare, and their continuous degradation has serious implications for loss of marine biodiversity. There is an urgent need to assess the strength of top-down versus bottom-up ...
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC INSECURITY AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
(2015-04-06)
This dissertation examines the relationship between economic insecurity and health outcomes for Canadians age 25 to 64 using the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) - a longitudinal dataset. Chapter 2 examines the ...
Investigating Different Map Views for Exploring Neighbourhoods
(2014-04-07)
Mobile wayfinding and guide applications have become indispensable tools for navigating unfamiliar urban spaces. Such applications address locations targeted, “just-in-time” queries, This thesis reports on research examining ...
Stereochemical Aspects in the Interrupted Nazarov Reaction of Allenyl Vinyl Ketones: A Computational Study
(2014-07-24)
Transition state models are often invoked to explain stereochemical outcomes in chemical reactions. The relevance of these models to correctly predict these outcomes can be further validated by studying reactions where ...
Experience, Interpretation, and the Performance of Authorship: A Study of Multiple Perspective in the Work of George Orwell
(2013-12-20)
This thesis examines stylistic technique and narrative strategy in a range of George Orwell’s fictional and non-fictional texts to demonstrate how personal experience and detached interpretation interact dialectically in ...
An Investigation into Canadian Student Leaders' Conceptualizations and Perceptions Related to Sustainability in Higher Education
(2015-03-31)
While universities have a responsibility to engage in sustainability, efforts to do so are not yet standard practice. This may be due to the limited knowledge about how university stakeholders understand sustainability. ...
Enzymatic Extraction of Proteins and Amino Acids From Whole Fish and Fish Waste
(2013-04-17)
Fish and fish waste can be used to produce various value added by products such as proteins, oil, omega-3 fatty acids, biodiesel, amino acids, peptides, collagen, gelatin and silage, each of which has various applications ...
Foreign Aid and Dutch Disease: A Case Study of Burkina Faso, Gambia, Malawi, and Mozambique
(2013-01-10)
Foreign aid has shaped the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa since independence. There has been passionate debate as to whether this has helped or hurt Africa’s poor economies. One of the downsides to foreign aid is the ...
Studies on the Morphology and Evolution of 'Orphan' Eukaryotes
(2013-10-28)
Most living eukaryotes are currently classified into one of five or six ‘supergroups’, which are in turn often divided between two assemblages: ‘unikonts’ and ‘bikonts’. This thesis explores the cytoskeletal morphology and ...
Imagining “An Other England” in the North Atlantic, 1577-1625
(2011-09-06)
This thesis explores the place of Newfoundland and the North Atlantic within early English colonization. Between 1577 and 1625, colonial promotion shifted from advocating primarily commercial to moral justifications in ...