Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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PARENT/CAREGIVER INVOLVEMENT TO MANAGE PAIN IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
(2015)Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia experience pain from the disease, treatment and procedures. Parents can be effective in managing their child’s pain but little is known about how they learn to do this. This ... -
Parental Prevention of Newborn Pain: An Evaluation of an eHealth Learning Platform to Determine Acceptability, Feasibility and Utilization of Parent-Led Pain Management
(2023-04-01)Introduction: Despite strong evidence supporting the efficacy of parent-led pain management (PLPM; e.g., breastfeeding) during procedures (e.g., injections), parents remain an underutilized resource. This dissertation ... -
Parents' Perceptions of Health Care Professionals' Support in the Transition of their Adolescent with Rheumatic Disease from Pediatric to Adult Care
(2014-12-15)Youth with a chronic disease must prepare for the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare. Parents play a vital role in supporting their youth through the transition process. Using Appreciative Inquiry, interviews ... -
A Park of Process: A Morphogenetic Approach for Sensory Microclimates
(2020-04-30)This thesis proposes a place for architectural experimentation and public experience; a place to spread ideas through an approach to making: “a park of process.” The morphogenetic model, which relies on material properties ... -
Parkland in Support of Biodiversity
(2010-12-20)The Great Lakes of North America hold about one fifth of global surface fresh water excluding glaciers. These watersheds have experienced environmental stress due to dumping of sewage and industrial waste, as well as ... -
PARLERS HYBRIDES EN TRADUCTION : L'EXEMPLE DU CHIAC ET DU CAMFRANGLAIS
(2017-07-17)This thesis analyzes some theoretical and practical problems of the translation of Chiac and Camfranglais, as well as the strategies used by translators to solve these problems. It is based on a number of translation ... -
PARTIAL CEMENT REPLACEMENT IN CONCRETE WITH RECYCLED GYPSUM FROM WASTE DRYWALLS
(2023-04-12)Utilizing recycled gypsum powder from waste gypsum drywalls as a partial replacement for cement in concrete can address the problems that cement manufacturing process and waste gypsum drywall disposal could cause to the ... -
Partial social cost benefit analysis of Three Gorges Dam: impact assessment update and a greenhouse gas externality component study
(2013-12-13)This study reviews the literature and updates qualitative and quantitative impacts based on new research and applies a partial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cost benefit analysis to the Three Gorges Dam Project (TGDP) in ... -
PARTIALLY COHERENT PULSE PROPAGATION IN RESONANT LINEAR AND NONLINEAR MEDIA
(2016-01-18)Optical experiments reveal the fact that real laser pulses have random fluctuations in their amplitude and phase that crucially affect pulse evolution. Statistical optics considers the random nature of light to give a ... -
Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes for Fault Management in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
(2019-08-26)Proposed, is a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) model-based schema as the basis of a fault manager system for use by autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) undergoing long endurance missions with the ... -
Participation for a 'People-Driven' Constitution?: A Critical Investigation of Zambian Civil Society Engagement in the Constitution-Making Process
(2010-09-10)This study explores with theoretical and practical challenges surrounding the roles of civil society organizations (CSOs) and participatory approaches in development and democratization processes in contemporary Africa. ... -
Participation Outcomes In Rehabilitation For Individuals With Chronic Neurological Conditions
(2018-04-03)The purpose of this research project was to identify personal and environmental factors that facilitate both ability to participate in life roles and satisfaction with that participation, for people living with chronic ... -
PARTICIPATORY DESIGN RESEARCH TO INTEGRATE PRIVACY LAW REQUIREMENTS AS DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR PATIENT PORTAL USER INTERFACE
(2019-01-08)The increase in privacy legislation has motivated our research on integrating privacy law requirements as design requirements. An effective privacy compliance framework requires communication between privacy professionals ... -
Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) with Stochastic Data
(2015-01-12)In photonics, numerous phenomena display stochastic behavior for example phase noise in LASERS or speckle in imaging. The study on stochastic data remains as a strong subject of interest. Evolutionary computational techniques ... -
PARTITION OF PEPSINOGEN FROM THE STOMACH OF RED PERCH (SEBASTES MARINUS) BY AQUEOUS TWO PHASE SYSTEMS
(2011-12-15)The purification of pepsinogen from the stomach of red perch using aqueous two phase systems (ATPS) formed by polyethylene glycol (PEG) and salt at 4°C was optimized. Salt type, salt concentration, PEG molecular weight and ... -
PARTNERS FOR EMPOWERMENT OF PARENTS: EXPLORING A NEW AFROCENTRIC PARENTING PROGRAM IN HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY
(2011-12-16)A major challenge facing parent educators and professionals who provide prevention and early intervention programs/services for people of colour, specifically Black families in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the ... -
Party Government in Nova Scotia, 1879-1897
(1945-09)In 1867 Nova Scotia ceased to be a separate colony under the British Crown, and became one of the four provinces forming the Dominion of Canada. Confederation was the issue which divided Nova Scotians from 1864 to 1872, ... -
Party Wall Housing: Objects in Environments as Contestation
(2020-04-14)The front line of architecture is the housing crisis, but is also a crisis of how we live. The home is where structural principles of society are created and reinforced. The city has become an all-encompassing domestic ... -
The passions of Sir Gawain: Patience and the idiom of medieval romance in England.
(Dalhousie University, 2007)