Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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A PILOT STUDY OF RESISTANCE EXERCISE FREQUENCY IN BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER SURVIVORS
(2014-12-16)A large body of research suggests exercise is effective for improving fitness, quality of life (QOL), and fatigue in cancer survivors. Despite evidence in support of exercise, few studies have rigorously evaluated exercise ... -
A Pilot Study of the Effects of Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate (Vyvanse) Treatment on Reinforcement Learning in Adults With Bulimia Nervosa
(2021-08-25)Although bulimia nervosa (BN) is thought to be associated with impairments in reward-related decision making, little is known about the decisional processes that contribute to BN behaviour. Twenty-three participants with ... -
A Pilot-Aided, Time-Domain Doppler Estimator, Tracker and Compensator for Doubly Dispersive Underwater Acoustic Channels Dominated by Wave Motion
(2020-12-14)In this thesis, a time-domain Doppler estimator, tracker, and compensator using shift-orthogonal OFDM pilot sequences are designed based on the theory presented and tested using simulations and real-life experiments. OFDM ... -
Piloting DAF for Full-Scale Implementation to Mitigate Impacts of Changing Source Water Quality
(2022-12-14)In the last few decades, water treatment facilities in Atlantic Canada have experienced changes in their source waters, specifically elevated natural organic matter (NOM) levels. This is widely referred to as brownification ... -
Pink Tickets and Feathered Frocks : Sexual Politics in Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We" and Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"
(2004-09)Dystopian novels generally depict totalitarian or oligarchic societies that undertake to control the individual through the manipulation of sexuality, procreation, family life, and gender roles. This thesis compares the ... -
PIOGLITAZONE IS SUPERIOR TO QUETIAPINE, CLOZAPINE AND TAMOXIFEN AT ALLEVIATING EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
(2018-07-03)Recent evidence suggests that clozapine, quetiapine, tamoxifen and pioglitazone may improve functional recovery in multiple sclerosis (MS). We have compared the effectiveness of oral administration of these drugs, beginning ... -
Pioneers, Virgins, and Whores: (Anti-)Feminist Tropes in the Feminist Reclamation of Aphra Behn and Katherine Philips
(2018-10-15)This thesis identifies and interrogates the two most prevalent tropes assigned to Aphra Behn and Katherine Philips as feminist scholars reclaimed and canonized the poets. I ask what perceptions of women have informed our ... -
PIP: A (Privacy) Injection Pattern for Inserting Privacy Patterns and Services in Software
(2015)Sensitive data may be leaked in many ways, and misuse of personal data from information systems is very common. It is challenging to implement privacy services in existing applications without affecting other modules. We ... -
Pipeline Implementation of AES Algorithm for Improved Resource Management and Higher Throughput
(2023-05-31)This thesis is focused on a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based implementation of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cryptography. The objective is to effectively implement the AES algorithm with less resource ... -
Piperine Modulates B cell Activation and Function
(2011-12-02)Piperine, the major alkaloid derived from black pepper corns, has played an important role in traditional medicine worldwide. Current research has demonstrated piperine to have several anti-inflammatory properties, however, ... -
Pirate Economics: The Economic Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Maritime Piracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2012-08-30)The past 20 years have witnessed a resurgence of maritime piracy, especially along the East and West coasts of Africa. Much scholarly research has been undertaken on this issue; however a consensus on the primary economic ... -
A Place for Healing: Architecture as Intermediary Between Nature and the Healing Child
(2012-08-22)This thesis investigates the difficult reality of children faced with illness, necessitating prolonged hospitalization. It takes a critical position with regard to the current approach to health care in Canada within the ... -
The Place of Culture in Architecture
(2001)The Southern African country of Botswana is relatively young, having gained its independence from the British in 1966. The capital city, Gaborone, is relatively new, designed after the garden city models in 1963. A proud ... -
Place of Protest: Designing for Discourse in Public Space
(2023-07-13)The act of protest exists publicly as a demonstration of opposition to an idea, judgement, or subject. Within the city, these demonstrations occupy public space and disrupt the prescribed event of a given environment to ... -
A Place To Call Home: Intellectual Disabilities And Residential Services In Nova Scotia
(2011-08-23)Despite broader trends toward the deinstitutionalization of people with intellectual disabilities and evidence that they have a higher quality of life in the community, many in Nova Scotia remain segregated in institutional ... -
PLACEMAKERS: Activating the Food System Through Urban Agricultural and Community Spaces for Newcomers in East Calgary
(2019-04-05)The suburban neighbourhoods of East Calgary have experienced tremendous growth in population over the last fifteen years due to recent immigration trends to the city. Sense of identity and overall well-being of resident ... -
Plague Discourse: Political, Religious, and Medical Publications in England, 1603–1666
(2022-04-13)Throughout the seventeenth century, printed texts in England increased in quantity, popularity, and accessibility. England also faced multiple outbreaks of plague during this time and the result was an influx of texts ... -
Planning a SEA change: designing a robust framework for strategic environmental assessment in Nova Scotia
(2014-08-15)Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) provides governments, and other organizations, a method to formally incorporate environmental dimensions into strategic planning and policy evaluation exercises. Nova Scotia is ... -
PLANNING FOR EMERGENCE: AN INFORMAL INTERVENTION ON THE OKANAGAN LAKE
(2010-12-17)Entering the informal domain may be considered contrary to a formal understanding of architecture yet it is within this context that many architectural strategies are being resolved. Unbound by law and tradition, ... -
Planning Sequential Eye Movements
(2018-12-14)Studies have shown that future actions in a sequence have an effect on both the mechanics and timing of arm movements. In saccadic eye movements, future saccades in a sequence have been shown to impact the reaction time ...